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type: "Bill"
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title: "Terms of members of Congress."
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description: "Applies to Congress for a Convention for proposing Amendments under Article V of the Constitution of the United States to provide limits to the number of terms that an individual may serve in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SJR 21"
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citation: "Indiana SJR 21 (2025)"
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classification: ["joint resolution"]
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subjects: ["ELECTIONS; Generally", "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Congress"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "Dave Hall", "Michael Young"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-03-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/799f7a33-2e48-4f31-a7f3-8619dbc50b23"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sj0021"
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source_hash: "caa0aa6834ef6a53c8573aaa867bee1398386b0ce65822bdb0d41def47e42bff"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SJR 21 (2025) — Terms of members of Congress.
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Applies to Congress for a Convention for proposing Amendments under Article V of the Constitution of the United States to provide limits to the number of terms that an individual may serve in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Senate Resolution (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/resolutions/SJ0021/SJ0021.04.ENRH.pdf)
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2. **Introduced Senate Resolution (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/resolutions/SJ0021/SJ0021.01.INTR.pdf)
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3. **Senate Resolution (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/resolutions/SJ0021/SJ0021.02.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Senate Resolution (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/resolutions/SJ0021/SJ0021.03.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SJR 21 - Hall - 2nd Reading — **26–59** (fail) · lower
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- SJR 21 - Hall - 3rd Reading — **67–29** (pass) · lower
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- SJR 21 - Zay - 3rd Reading — **31–18** (pass) · upper
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- SJR 21 - Hall - 2nd Reading — **26–56** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andy Zay — primary (person)
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- Dave Hall — primary (person)
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- Michael Young — primary (person)
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- Chris Jeter — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Matt Commons — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
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- Tyler Johnson — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Zay
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- **2025-01-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-16** Senator Johnson T added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-16** Senator Young M added as second author
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- **2025-01-21** Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-23** Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) failed; Division of the Senate: yeas 10, nays 39 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-01-27** House sponsor: Representative Hall
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- **2025-01-27** Cosponsors: Representatives Karickhoff, Jeter, Miller K
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- **2025-01-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 22: yeas 31, nays 18 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-28** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-13** Amendment #2 (Hamilton) failed; Roll Call 260: yeas 26, nays 56 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-03-13** Amendment #3 (Pierce M) failed; Roll Call 259: yeas 26, nays 59 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-03-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-19** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-17** Representative Commons added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-17** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-03-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 273: yeas 67, nays 29 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-17** Representative Karickhoff removed as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-18** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-03-20** Public Law 246 `became-law`
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- **2025-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/799f7a33-2e48-4f31-a7f3-8619dbc50b23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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