Term limits in other states

State legislatures with term limits

The following 15 legislatures have term limits:

• Arizona Legislature: four consecutive two-year terms for both houses (eight years). No limit on total number of terms.
• Arkansas General Assembly: three two-year terms for House members (six years) and two four-year terms for Senate members (eight years).
• California State Legislature: twelve years total in either Assembly or Senate. (For legislators first elected on or before June 5, 2012, the previous limits of either three two-year terms for Assembly members (six years) and two four-year terms for Senate members (eight years) apply).
• Colorado General Assembly: four consecutive two-year terms in the House (eight years) and two consecutive four-year terms in the Senate (eight years).
• Florida Legislature: may serve no more than eight years in either house.
• Louisiana State Legislature: three four-year terms for both houses (twelve years).
• Maine Legislature: four two-year terms for both houses (eight years).
• Michigan Legislature: three two-year terms for House members (six years) and two four-year terms for Senate members (eight years).
• Missouri General Assembly: four consecutive two-year terms for House members (eight years) and two four-year consecutive terms for Senatemembers (eight years). Members may be elected again to the other house, but not serve more than 16 years.
• Montana State Legislature: four two-year terms for House members (eight years) in any sixteen-year period and two four-year terms for Senatemembers (eight years) in any sixteen-year period.
• Nebraska Legislature: two four-year terms (eight years).
• Nevada Legislature: six two-year terms for Assembly members (twelve years) and three four-year terms for Senate members (twelve years).
• Ohio General Assembly: four consecutive two-year terms for House members (eight years) and two consecutive four-year terms for Senate members (eight years).
• Oklahoma Legislature: six two-year terms for House members (twelve years) and three four-year terms for Senate members (twelve years). Once term-limited in one house, a legislator cannot be elected to the other.
• South Dakota Legislature: four consecutive two-year terms for both houses (eight years).