House Bill 1350

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 5-1-1 AND 5-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO HAS SERVED THREE CONSECUTIVE FOUR-YEAR TERMS IN THE MISSISSIPPI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OR THE MISSISSIPPI SENATE IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AGAIN IN THAT OFFICE UNTIL ONE FULL TERM HAS INTERVENED DURING WHICH THE PERSON DID NOT SERVE IN THAT OFFICE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 5-1-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

5-1-1. The number of Representatives shall be one hundred twenty-two (122) and shall be elected from districts adopted as provided in Section 254 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890. A person elected as a member of the House of Representatives is eligible to succeed himself or herself in office; however, after serving three (3) full and consecutive four-year terms in the House of Representatives, he or she is not eligible to serve again in that office until at least one (1) full, four-year term has intervened during which the person did not serve in that office. Any years served by a member elected to fill a vacancy in office for less than a full, four-year term shall not be included in the three-term limitation set forth in this section.

SECTION 2. Section 5-1-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

5-1-3. The number of Senators shall be fifty-two (52) and shall be elected from fifty-two (52) districts adopted as provided in Section 254 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890. A person elected as a member of the Senate is eligible to succeed himself or herself in office; however, after serving three (3) full and consecutive four-year terms in the Senate, he or she is not eligible to serve again in that office until at least one (1) full, four-year term has intervened during which the person did not serve in that office. Any years served by a member elected to fill a vacancy in office for less than a full four-year term shall not be included in the three-term limitation set forth in this section.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1 in the year following the year in which the Secretary of State certifies the passage of the constitutional amendment proposed in House Concurrent Resolution No. 19, 2022 Regular Session.