Senate bill SJR 536 “Term Limits Applicable to State Representatives and State Senators” & SJR 802 “Term Limits for Members of Boards of County Commissioners and District School Boards” will be heard next Monday, March 17, 2025, in the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee.

SJR 536 is a Constitutional Amendment that would give voters in the 2026 general election the chance to limit lawmakers to eight years each in the Senate and the House, and foreclosing their path to return to a seat they previously held after being out of it for a period of time. SJR 536 would stop the practice of people continually running for the same office and bouncing back and forth between chambers.

SJR 802 create Term Limits for Members of Boards of County Commissioners and District School Boards; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to provide 8-year term limits for members of boards of county commissioners and district school boards. Lawmakers approved, and the governor signed, a law in 2022 that limits school board members to 12 years. In 2023, lawmakers and the governor reduced that number to eight. The new legislation would prevent future legislatures from extending their tenure.

IMPORTANT UPDATE
SJR 536 and SJR 802 were scheduled to be heard in the Senate Ethics and Election Committee last Monday March 10th. Unfortunately, Senator Erin Grall filed amendments to the bills to extend term limits from 8 years to 12 years. The bills were temporarily postponed and rescheduled for this Monday, March 17th.
We oppose Senator Grall’s amendments to extend term limits to 12 years.

E-Mail Action Needed!
Please e-mail the following Republican members of the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee and tell them to Vote YES on SJR 536 and SJR 802 with 8-year term limits and tell them to oppose amendments that would extend term limits to 12 years.
Be sure to add a comment in your own words.
Copy and paste these email addresses into the BCC: section of your email.

gaetz.don.web@flsenate.gov
Avila.Bryan.web@flsenate.gov
bradley.jennifer.web@flsenate.gov
Collins.Jay.web@flsenate.gov
Garcia.Ileana.web@flsenate.gov
Grall.Erin.web@flsenate.gov