Bill Text: VA SJR217 | 2017 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Constitutional amendment; Governor's term of office (first reference).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-31 - Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N) [SJR217 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-SJR217-Comm_Sub.html
RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:
Amend Section 1 of Article V of the Constitution of Virginia as follows:
Section 1. Executive power; Governor's term of office.
The chief executive power of the Commonwealth shall be vested
in a Governor. He shall hold office for a term commencing upon his inauguration
on the Saturday after the second Wednesday in January, next succeeding his
election, and ending in the fourth year thereafter immediately upon the
inauguration of his successor. He shall be ineligible to the same office for
the term next succeeding that for which he was elected, and to any other
office during his term of service. No person shall be elected to the office
of Governor more than twice, and no person who has held the office of Governor,
or acted as Governor, for more than two years of a term to which some other
person was elected Governor shall be elected to the office of Governor more
than once. The authorization to serve two terms in succession shall be
applicable to persons first elected to serve as Governor in 2021 and
thereafter.
