---
type: "Bill"
title: "Term Limits For Congress."
description: "Term Limits For Congress."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HJR 151"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 151 (2023)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION", "ELECTIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "JOINT", "MEMORIALIZING RESOLUTIONS", "NATIONAL ELECTIONS", "RESOLUTIONS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "US"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fontenot", "Lowery", "Moore"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2024-12-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7342bfab-1f60-4b6c-902e-3d582db56f87"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H151"
source_hash: "b0313fa3a6736ca1400604611f1d63a56f9c666ee7ec322b4ccb16b7a10be9b9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HJR 151 (2023) — Term Limits For Congress.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H151v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H151v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2024-9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H151v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **29–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fontenot — primary (person)
- Lowery — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Balkcom — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Cairns — cosponsor (person)
- Chesser — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- N. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Sossamon — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Watford — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-12-05** Ch. Res 2024-9 `became-law`
- **2024-12-05** Ratified
- **2024-12-02** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-12-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-12-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-12-02** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-12-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-03-09** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-03-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Placed On Cal For 03/08/2023
- **2023-03-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-02** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 3, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-21** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7342bfab-1f60-4b6c-902e-3d582db56f87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).