00                      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 12                                                                     
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to terms of                                    
02 legislators.                                                                                                            
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1. Article II, sec. 3, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                          
05 Section 3. Election and Terms. Legislators shall be elected at general                                                
06 elections. Their terms begin on the fourth Monday of the January following election                                     
07 unless otherwise provided by law. The term of representatives shall be two years, and                                   
08 the term of senators, four years. One-half of the senators shall be elected every two                                   
09 years. No person who has served as a representative for six full terms shall again                                  
10       be eligible to be nominated, elected, or appointed to that office. No person who                              
11       has served as a senator for three full terms shall again be eligible to be                                    
12       nominated, elected, or appointed to that office.                                                              
13    * Sec. 2. Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                              
14 section to read:                                                                                                        
15            Section 30. Application of 2024 Tenure Amendment. Years served in the                                      
16       legislature before the convening of the First Regular Session of the Thirty-Fourth                                

01       Alaska State Legislature shall not be considered for purposes of applying the tenure                              
02       limit added by the 2024 amendment to Section 3 of Article II.                                                     
03    * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
04 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
05 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.