For immediate release
January 23, 2026
Contact: Constantin Querard, U.S. Term Limits
cq@termlimits.com
Utah Senate Committee Passes Resolution to Term Limit Congress
Salt Lake City, UT — The Utah Senate Government Operations Committee passed Senate Joint Resolution 4 (SJR4), which proposes a congressional term limits amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The effort is led by Senator Jerry Stevenson and spearheaded by the nonpartisan nonprofit U.S. Term Limits and passed unanimously. The resolution heads to the Utah Senate floor, which may happen as soon as next week.
As U.S. Term Limits’ President Philip Blumel put it, “The people of Utah 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 Utah agree. According to the latest Utah poll by RMG Research, 85% of likely voters in Utah support term limits on Congress, including strong support among Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike.
SJR4 has the support of more than 50 legislators who have signed the term limits pledge, promising to support the congressional term limits effort. Once the measure passes both chambers, Utah 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.
