2008 California Proposition 93

none February 2026 February 2026 Proposition 93 was a Californian ballot proposition that sought to amend the term limits law for the California state legislature. Voters rejected it on February 5, 2008. Proposal Between the passage of Proposition 140 in 1990 and the passage of Proposition 28 in 2012, California allows a person to serve 6 years in the California State Assembly and 8 years in the California State Senate. Proposition 93 would have changed the term limit to 12 years in both houses combined. If passed, the measure would have been the first amendment to the term limits law since Proposition 140 in 1990. The proposition would have reduced the total number of years a person could serve in the state legislature from 14 to 12 years, while allowing current members to serve 12 years in their current house regardless of prior service.https://vigarchive.sos.ca.gov/2008/feb/ California Presidential Primary Election, February 5, 2008, Official Voter Information Guide 2015-12-26 Consequently, some current members of the legislature would have been allowed to serve beyond the 14 years prescribed by current term limit laws.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/15/ED66UF359.DTL https://web.archive.org/web/20080201052852/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/15/ED66UF359.DTL dead February 1, 2008 Corruption of a good idea Editorial San Francisco Chronicle 2008-01-15 2008-03-11 The later, successful, Proposition 28 in 2012 did not apply such an advantageous set of rules to the current legislators; it kept them on the old rules rather than giving them a new set of rules better than either the old or new rules. Results thumb|250px|No #DEDEBD 50%–60% #BCBC83 60%–70% Yes #B6C8D9 50%–60% Proposition 93http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/ballotmeasures.pdf State Ballot Measures 2008-04-14 2008-03-15 PDF Secretary of State of California https://web.archive.org/web/20080417003154/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/ballotmeasures.pdf 2008-04-17 dead 3961466 8536292 4574826 57.71 532123 See also 2012 California Proposition 28, a successful proposition proposing a similar change four years later References Category:2008 California ballot propositions Category:California State Legislature Category:Failed amendments to the Constitution of California Category:Initiatives in the United States Category:Term limits