California Proposition 93 (2008)
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Proposition 93 was a California initiative that sought to amend the term limits law for the California state legislature. The measure failed in the February 5, 2008 presidential primary election with 53.6% voting no.[1]
Currently, California allows a person to serve 6 years in the California State Assembly and 8 years in the California State Senate. Proposition 93 would have changed the term limit to 12 years in both houses combined. If passed, the measure would have been the first amendment to the term limits law since Proposition 140 in 1990.[2]
The proposition would have reduced the total number of years a person could serve in the state legislature from 14 to 12 years, while allowing current members to serve 12 years in their current house regardless of prior service. Consequently, some current members of the the legislature would have been allowed to serve beyond the 14 years prescribed by current term limit laws.[3]
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- ^ List of California ballot propositions 1990-1999
- ^ The San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Board. "Corruption of a good idea", The San Francisco Chronicle, 2008-01-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
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