HR 367: General Assembly; members elected in 2028 and thereafter shall serve four-year terms of office; provide - CA

Currently, Georgia's constitution gives members of the House and Senate two-year terms. This resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that would switch to four-year terms, but only starting with members elected in 2028 and afterward. Members elected in the 2026 general election would still serve a two-year term under the current system, acting as a bridge before the four-year terms begin. Elections for the General Assembly would continue happening every two years through 2028, then switch to every four years afterward. Because this is a constitutional amendment, it cannot take effect on its own. It must be submitted to Georgia voters for ratification or rejection at the ballot box, with a specific yes/no question about four-year terms after the 2028 election.

• Proposes a constitutional amendment changing General Assembly members' terms from two years to four years, starting with those elected in 2028.
• Keeps members elected in the 2026 general election on the existing two-year term instead of the new four-year term.
• Sets General Assembly elections to continue every two years through 2028, then switch to every four years after that.
• Requires the amendment to be submitted to Georgia voters for ratification or rejection, with specific ballot language about four-year terms after 2028.

Members of the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate, whose terms of office would lengthen from two to four years starting in 2028, and Georgia voters, who would decide the amendment at the ballot and would elect legislators less frequently going forward.

If voters approve this amendment, Georgians would elect their state representatives and senators every four years instead of every two years starting in 2028, changing how often lawmakers face reelection and how election cycles for the General Assembly line up with other statewide races.

• Section 1 amends Article III, Section II, Paragraph V of the Georgia Constitution to change legislators' terms from two years to four years for those elected in 2028 and thereafter.
• Section 1 specifies that members elected in the 2026 general election will still serve the two-year term to which they were elected.
• Section 1 changes the election schedule so General Assembly elections occur biennially until 2028 and quadrennially after that.
• Section 2 requires the amendment to be published and submitted to voters under Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution, and sets the exact ballot question wording.

1. 2025-02-27House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-02-26House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-02-24House Hopper (House)

• Gabe Okoye (D, HD-102)Primary sponsor
• Steve Tarvin (R, HD-002)
• Carolyn Hugley (D, HD-141)
• Matt Reeves (R, HD-099)
• Al Williams (D, HD-168)

• constitutional amendment
• legislative terms
• election rules
• General Assembly