--- title: HR 367. General Assembly; members elected in 2028 and thereafter shall serve four-year terms of office; provide - CA collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr367 cite_as: HR 367, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr367 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr367.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr367/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70723 date: 2025-02-27 status: introduced corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr366.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr368.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 129 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr367.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 367 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2025-02-24 last_action: House Second Readers sponsors: - Gabe Okoye - Steve Tarvin - Carolyn Hugley - Matt Reeves - Al Williams text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR367/2025 upstream_id: 1982122 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - constitutional amendment - legislative terms - election rules - General Assembly --- # HR 367. General Assembly; members elected in 2028 and thereafter shall serve four-year terms of office; provide - CA ## Text House Resolution 367 By: Representatives Okoye of the 102nd, Tarvin of the 2nd, Hugley of the 141st, Reeves of the 99th, and Williams of the 168th A RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that members of the General Assembly elected in 2028 and thereafter shall serve four-year terms of office; to provide that members of the General Assembly elected in the 2026 general election shall serve two-year terms of office; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. Article III, Section II of the Constitution is amended by revising Paragraph V as follows: "Paragraph V. Election and term of members. (a) The members of the General Assembly elected in 2028 and thereafter shall be elected by the qualified electors of their respective districts for a term of two four years and shall serve until the time fixed for the convening of the next General Assembly. (b) The members of the General Assembly in office on June 30, 1983, elected in the 2026 general election shall serve out the remainder of the two-year terms to which elected. (c) The first election for members of the General Assembly under this Constitution shall take place on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1984 2026, and subsequent elections biennially until 2028, and subsequent elections after 2028 quadrennially on that day until the day of election is changed by law." SECTION 2. The above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: "( ) YES Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide that members ( ) NO of the General Assembly shall serve four-year terms of office after the 2028 general election?" All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote "Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this state. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution would ask voters to change the state constitution so members of the General Assembly elected starting in 2028 serve four-year terms instead of two-year terms. ### Plain-language summary 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. ### What it does - 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. ### Who it affects 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. ### Why it matters 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. ### Key provisions - 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. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2025-02-24) - Last action: House Second Readers (2025-02-27) - Sponsors: Gabe Okoye, Steve Tarvin, Carolyn Hugley, Matt Reeves, Al Williams - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70723 > The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr367.md?full=1