Term-limits ballot proposal: Let Ohio lawmakers serve 16 years in same chamber
Ohioans overwhelmingly approved term limits for state lawmakers nearly three decades ago, with almost 7 in 10 voting to restrict legislators' service to eight consecutive years in the same chamber.
Now, a group wants Ohioans to revise the 1992 decision by altering the term-limits constitutional amendment to limit Senate and House members to serve up to 16 years - consecutive or not - in either or both chambers.
Current term limits, which began in 2000, restrict legislators to eight years: Senators can serve two consecutive four-year terms and state representatives can serve four consecutive two-year terms.
A group known as Ohioans for Legislative Term Limits filed more than 2,400 signatures and petition language with the office of Attorney General Dave Yost on Wednesday seeking to place a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 3 election ballot.
The group would need to gather at least 442,958 valid signatures of registered Ohio voters by July 1 to place the "Lifetime General Assembly Term Limits Amendment" on the statewide ballot.
