Statewide Term Limits Elections Results

1990 Term Limits Votes
State	Measure Number	Type of Limits	Yes %	Current Status
California	Prop. 140	Statewide Officials Legislature	52.2	In effect since 1996
Colorado	Amendment 5	Congress, Statewide Officials, Legislature	71	USSC Thornton decision repealed Cong. limits; remaining limits in effect since 1998
Oklahoma	Question 632	Legislature	67.3	Takes effect in 2004
1991 Term Limits Votes
Washington	Initiative 553	Congress, Governor, Lt. Governor, Legislature	46	N/A
1992 Term Limits Votes
Arizona	Prop. 107	Congress, Legislature, State Executive Dept., Corporation Commission, State Mine Inspector	74.2	USSC Thornton decision repealed Cong. limits; remaining limits in effect since 2000
Arkansas	Amendment 73	Congress, State Constitutional Officers, Legislators	59.9	USSC Thornton decision repealed Cong. limits; remaining limits in effect since 1998
California	Prop. 164	Congress	63.4	USSC Thornton decision applies – unconst.
Florida		Congress, Statewide Officials, Legislature	76.8	USSC Thornton decision repealed Cong. limits; remaining limits in effect since 2000
Michigan	Proposal B	Congress, Statewide Officials, Legislature	58.8	USSC Thornton case repealed Cong. limits; remaining limits in effect since 1998
Missouri	Amendment 12	Legislature	75	Takes effect in 2002
Missouri	Amendment 13	Congress	74	USSC Thornton decision applies – unconst.
Montana	CI-64	Congress, Statewide Officials, Legislature	67	USSC Thornton case repealed Cong. limits; remaining limits in effect since 2000
Nebraska		Congress, Statewide Officials, Legislature	68.2	State SC held unconst. 1994
North Dakota	Measure 5	Congress	55	USSC Thornton decision applies – unconst.
Ohio	Issue 2	Congress	66.2	USSC Thornton decision applies – unconst.
Ohio	Issue 3	Legislature	68.4	In effect since 2000
Ohio	Issue 4	Lt. Governor, Sec. of State, Treasurer, AG, Auditor	69.2
Oregon	Measure 3	Congress, Statewide Officials, Legislature	69.5	USSC Thornton case repealed Cong. limits; remaining limits held unconst. by state SC
South Dakota	Amendment A	Congress, Statewide Officials, Legislature	63.5	USSC Thornton decision repealed Cong. limits; remaining limits in effect since 2000
Washington	Initiative 573	Congress, Governor, Lt. Governor, Legislature	52	US Dist Court held Cong. Limits unconst. 1/8/94; remaining limits held unconst. by state SC 1/8/98
Wyoming	Initiative 2	Congress, Statewide Officials, Legislature	77.2	USSC Thornton case repealed Cong. limits; remaining limits take effect in 2006
1993 Term Limits Votes
Maine		Sec. of State, Treasurer, AG, Auditor, Legislature	67.6	In effect since 1996
1994 Term Limits Votes
Alaska	Measure 4	Congress	63	USSC Thornton decision applies – unconst.
Colorado	Amendment 17	Local Officials	51	In effect; some localities have voted to amend/repeal the limits
Idaho	Proposal 2	Congress, Statewide Officials, Legislature, County, Local, School Boards	59	USSC Thornton decision repealed Cong. limits; remaining limits repealed by legislature, 2/02
Maine	Question 1	Congress	63	USSC Thornton decision applies – unconst.
Massachusetts	Question 4	Congress, Statewide Officials, Legislature	52	USSC Thornton decision repealed Cong. limits; State SC ruled remaining limits unconst., 7/97
Nebraska	Measure 408	Congress, Statewide Officials, Legislature, City & County Officials	68	USSC Thornton case – unconst. in part; State SC ruled remainder unconst., Duggan v. Beerman, 1996
Nevada	Question 8	Congressional	70	Required ratification in 1996; removed from 1996 ballot following USSC Thornton decision
Nevada	Question 9	Statewide Officials, Judges, Justices, Legislature, Local Officials	70.4	Required ratification in 1996; split into two questions on 1996 ballot by state SC
Oklahoma	Question 662	Congress	67	USSC Thornton decision applies – unconst.
Utah	Initiative A	Congress, Statewide Officials, Legislature, County	35	N/A
1995 Term Limits Votes
Louisiana		Legislature	76	Takes effect in 2007
Mississippi	Measure 4	Congress, Judges, Statewide Officials, Legislature, Local Officials	45.7	N/A
1996 Term Limits Votes
Alaska	Measure 4	Congress – Instruct & Inform	54.6	AG declared unenforceable; USSC Cook v. Gralike applies – unconst.
Arkansas	Amendment 9	Congress – Instruct & Inform	61	USSC Cook v. Gralike applies – unconst.
Colorado	Amendment 12	Congress – Instruct & Inform	54	State SC held unconst., Feb. 1998
Idaho	Proposal 4	Congress – Instruct & Inform	56.1	USSC Cook v. Gralike applies – unconst.
Maine	Question 1	Congress – Instruct & Inform	59	USSC Cook v. Gralike applies – unconst.
Missouri	Amendment 9	Congress – Instruct & Inform	57.7	USSC held unconst., 2/01, Cook v. Gralike
Montana	I-132	Congress – Instruct & Inform	45.4	N/A
Nebraska	Measure 409	Congress – Instruct & Inform	58.3	USSC Donovan v. Priest(1997) applies, holding AR instruct & inform law unconst
Nevada	Question 9(a)	Statewide Officials, Legislature, Local Officials	54.3	Takes effect in 2008
Nevada	Question 9(b)	Justices, Judges	41	N/A
Nevada	Question 17	Congress – Instruct & Inform	53.2	Required ratification in 1998
North Dakota	Measure 5	Congress – Instruct & Inform; Statewide Officials, Legislature	47.4	N/A
North Dakota	Measure 6	Constitutional convention to limit Congressional terms	44.4	N/A
Oregon	Measure 48	Congress – Instruct & Inform	48.2	N/A
South Dakota	Measure 1	Congress – Instruct & Inform	68	Repealed by Legislature, 3/97
Washington	Initiative 670	Congress – Instruct & Inform	45	N/A
Wyoming	Initiative 1	Congress – Instruct & Inform	54.1*	N/A
Wyoming	Referendum 1	Popular referendum to repeal the 1995 legislation extending from 6 to 12 years the limit on legislators	53.7*	N/A
1997 Term Limits Votes
No statewide votes on term limits.
1998 Term Limits Votes
Alaska	Measure 7	Voluntary Congressional Limits & Ballot Labeling	50.2
California	Prop. 225	Congress – Instruct & Inform	53	USSC Cook v. Gralike applies – unconst.
Colorado	Amendment 18	Voluntary Congressional Limits & Ballot Labeling	50.4
Idaho	Proposal 1	Voluntary Congressional Limits & Ballot Labeling	54.7
Idaho		Advisory vote – should state retain state and local term limits, since Congressional limits were held unconstitutional?	53.2	N/A
Nevada	Question 17	Congress – Instruct & Inform	55.4	USSC Cook v. Gralike applies – unconst.
1999 Term Limits Votes
Mississippi	Measure 9	Legislature	45	N/A
2000 Term Limits Votes
Nebraska	Measure 415	Legislature	56	Takes effect in 2008
2001 Term Limits Votes
No statewide votes on term limits.
2002 Term Limits Votes
California	Prop. 45	Allow legislators to petition to run for up to 4 years beyond limit	42.3	Limits remain in effect
Colorado	Referendum A	Exempt district attorneys from term limits	33.9	Limits remain in effect
Idaho	Proposition 2	Approve the legislature’s repeal of term limits	50.2	Term limits repealed
Missouri	Amendment 3	Exclude partial terms from term limits	54.2	Partial terms are excluded from term limits
2003 Term Limits Votes
No statewide votes on term limits.
2004 Term Limits Votes
Arkansas	Amendment 1	Extend limit on terms to 12 years in each chamber	29.9	Term limits remain unchanged
Montana	C-42	Extend limit on terms from 8 years in a 16-year period to 12 years in a 24-year period in each chamber	31.4	Term limits remain unchanged
2005 Term Limits Votes
No statewide votes on term limits.
2006 Term Limits Votes
Oregon	Measure 45	Legislature	41.3	No legislative term limits in Oregon
2007 Term Limits Votes
Maine	Question 5	Extend from 4 to 6 the number of consecutive terms a legislator may serve	32.9	Term limits remain unchanged
2008 Term Limits Votes
California	Proposition 93	Remove chamber-specific limits and instead permit a legislator to serve a total of 12 years in the legislature	46.4	Term limits remain unchanged
South Dakota	Amendment J	Repeal term limits	24.3	Term limits remain unchanged
2009 Term Limits Votes
No statewide votes on term limits.
2010 Term Limits Votes
No statewide votes on term limits.
2011 Term Limits Votes
No statewide votes on term limits.
2012 Term Limits Votes
California	Proposition 28	Remove chamber-specific limits and instead permit a legislator to serve a total of 12 years in the legislature	61.0	The change was adopted; term limits remain in effect, as amended
Nebraska	Amendment 3	Change limit from 2 to 3 consecutive terms	35.3	Term limits remain unchanged
2013 Term Limits Votes
No statewide votes on term limits
2014 Term Limits Votes
Arkansas Issue 3 Change from 6 year limit in the House and 8 year limit in the Senate to 16 years in total 52.4 The change was adopted; term limits remain in effect, as amended.

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Notes
*An initiative must receive a majority of the total votes cast in an election, not simply a majority of the votes cast on the initiative, in order to pass. Therefore, both Wyoming measures failed. Initiative 1 received 48.7% of the total votes cast; Referendum 1 received 48.4% of the total votes cast.

Source: National Conference of State Legislatures, February 2013.

Compiled Feb 2, 2003
Last updated: March 25, 2015