LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Nearly three decades after Arkansas became one of the
first states to cap how long someone can serve in the Legislature, lawmakers may
find out next year just how far voters are willing to go to limit their time in
office.
Arkansas lawmakers are sending voters a proposal that would rework the term
limits on House and Senate members for the second time in the past several
years. It’s a pre-emptive strike against another proposal a group is trying to
put on the 2020 ballot that would impose the strictest term limits in the U.S.
Arkansas currently caps lawmakers’ time in office at 16 years under an
amendment that voters approved in 2014 loosening limits that were imposed in the
1990s. It’s one of 15 states with legislative term limits.
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