HCR 5022 — Making application to the congress of the United States to call a convention of the states to establish term limits for members of congress.

AsAmendedHOUSE byCONCURRENT HouseRESOLUTION Committee Session of 2026 House Concurrent Resolution No.

5022 By Representative Sutton 1-21 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION making application to the Congress of the United States for a limited national convention for the exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States establishing term limits for members of Congress.

7 WHEREAS, The framers of the Constitution of the United States of America intended that the U.S.

and WHEREAS, Throughout American history, this dependency has evolved from a dependency on the American people alone to a dependency on powerful special interests, through spending by third-third-party party groups, campaigns or out-of-state donors, which have created a fundamental imbalance in our representative democracy and eroded the people's trust in government;

and WHEREAS, A national convention would give the American people HCRan 5022opportunity -Am.to come together as a nation, by discussing solutions on how to ensure the integrity of our elections and renew theAmerican people's trust in government;

By HC 2 an opportunity to come together as a nation, by discussing solutions on how to ensure the integrity of our elections and renew the American people's trust in government;

Now, therefore, Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas,Kansas,a two-thirds a majority of the members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House of Representatives and two-thirds a majority of the members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the Senate concurring therein:

That the people of the State of Kansas, speaking through its legislature and pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States, hereby apply to the Congress of the United StatesHOUSE toCONCURRENT callRESOLUTION aNo. convention for the exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the U.S.

5022 - Page 2 States to call a convention for the exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the U.S.

HCRI 5022hereby -Am.certify that the above C ONCURRENT R ESOLUTION originated in the H OUSE, and was adopted by that body Speaker of the House.

ByChief HCClerk 3of 1the House.

Adopted by the S ENATE President of the Senate.

Secretary of the Senate.