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SC 530

Congress; urge to call convention to propose an amendment to U.S. Constitution to provide congressional term limits.

2026 Regular Session

Mississippi asks Congress to convene a Convention of the States to propose amendments establishing term limits for all U.S. House and Senate members.

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Bill Summary · SC 530

Summary of Bill: Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 530 (SC 530), 2026 Session, Mississippi

1) Purpose and Intent

  • SC 530 is a concurrent resolution in Mississippi that seeks to apply to Congress under Article V of the U.S. Constitution for the calling of a Convention of the States.
  • The convention would be limited to proposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to establish term limits for members of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
  • In short: Mississippi asks Congress to convene a national convention to propose term-limit amendments for federal legislators (House and Senate).

2) Key Provisions and Provisions of Change

  • The resolution:
    • Directs the Mississippi Secretary of State to transmit copies of the application to the President of the United States, the Secretary of the Senate, the Speaker/Clerk/Judiciary Committee Chair of the U.S. House, and to Mississippi’s congressional delegation.
    • Also transmits copies to presiding officers of legislative bodies in other states, requesting their cooperation.
    • States that the application is to be treated as part of a continuing, aggregate effort among states to trigger a constitutional convention limited to the subject of term limits for federal legislators. It specifies that this application is to be aggregated with other states’ applications on the same subject to meet the two-thirds threshold, but not aggregated with applications on any other subject.
    • Declares Mississippi’s application a continuing application under Article V until two-thirds of states have made similar applications on the same topic.
  • The substantive result sought is a call for a constitutional convention that would propose amendments setting term limits for:
    • Members of the United States House of Representatives.
    • Members of the United States Senate.

3) Affected Parties and Scope

  • Affected/entity initiating action: The Mississippi Legislature (both Senate and House jointly, via concurrence).
  • Affected jurisdiction: United States Constitution amendment process via a Convention of the States.
  • Potentially affected: Current and future members of the U.S. Congress (House and Senate) would be subject to whatever term-limit amendments emerge from the proposed convention.
  • Note: The resolution itself does not implement term limits in Mississippi state law; it seeks to prompt a federal constitutional change through Article V.

4) Procedural and Timeline Considerations

  • Procedural posture:
    • Referred to the Rules Committee (as of filing) and later noted as “Died In Committee” in action history.
    • Action history shows: Referred to Rules on 2026-02-18; decision status indicates the bill did not advance out of committee as of 2026-04-15.
  • Timeline and process implications:
    • Article V requires two-thirds of state legislatures (currently 34 states) to apply for a convention to be convened.
    • Once a convention is convened, any amendments proposed would require ratification by three-fourths of the states (38 states) to become part of the U.S. Constitution.
    • The resolution explicitly characterizes the application as a continuing, single-issue effort and prohibiting aggregation with applications on other subjects.
    • The measure is not a binding policy change within Mississippi but a formal request to activate the federal amendment process.

5) Notable Details

  • The bill title and text emphasize “term limits” for both House and Senate membership.
  • The resolution aligns Mississippi with similar concurrent resolutions from other states pursuing an Article V convention on this topic.
  • The document uses precise language about aggregation of applications for the purpose of achieving the two-thirds threshold and clarifies it is limited to this subject.

If you’d like, I can compare this bill to analogous measures in other states or provide a short overview of how Article V conventions have been handled historically in practice.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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