For immediate release
February 4, 2026
Contact: Shanna Chamblee, U.S. Term Limits
schamblee@termlimits.com
Kansas House Passes Resolution to Term Limit Congress
Topeka, KS — The Kansas House passed House Concurrent Resolution 5022 (HCR5022), which proposes a congressional term limits amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The effort is led by Representative Bill Sutton and spearheaded by the nonpartisan nonprofit U.S. Term Limits and passed with 78 yeas and 42 nays. The next vote will take place in the senate committee and onward to the full senate floor to pass the state.
As U.S. Term Limits’ President Philip Blumel put it, “The people of Kansas are lucky to have public servants who see what is going on in D.C. and are willing to take action to fix it. They know that Congress won’t set term limits on itself. Therefore, it is the obligation of the states to do so.”
It is clear that the people of Kansas agree. According to the latest Kansas poll by RMG Research, 80% of likely voters in Kansas favor term limits on Congress, including strong support among Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike.
HCR5022 has the support of more than 85 legislators who have signed the term limits pledge, promising to support the congressional term limits effort. Once the measure passes the senate floor, we will have passed the state and Kansas will be in the forefront of the states in the nation to file an application for a convention with the exclusive purpose of proposing term limits on the U.S. Congress.
After 34 state legislatures pass similar resolutions on the topic, and the term limits amendment approved, it must be ratified by 38 states to become part of the U.S. Constitution. We’re one step closer to bringing back citizen legislators to Congress and restoring trust in the democratic process.
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U.S. Term Limits is the largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization advocating solely on term limits. Our mission is to improve the quality of government with a citizen legislature that closely reflects its constituency and is responsive to the needs of the people it serves. U.S. Term Limits does not require a self-limit on individuals. Our aim is to limit the terms of all members of Congress as an institution. Find out more at termlimits.org.
