Terms and Term Limits
Members of the Assembly are elected from eighty districts and serve two year terms. Members of the Senate serve four year terms. There are forty Senate districts, with half of the seats up for election on alternate (two year) election cycles.
In June 2012 voters approved Proposition 28 which allows legislators to serve a maximum of 12 years without regard to whether the years are served in the State Assembly or the State Senate. Legislators first elected on or before June 5, 2012 are restricted by the previous term limits, approved in 1990, which limited legislators to three terms in the State Assembly and two terms in the State Senate.
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