A proposed Texas constitutional amendment, SJR 13, is making headway in the Texas legislature. It would ask the voters in November 2013 if they wish to amend the state constitution to impose term limits on these statewide executive posts: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General, Land Commissioner, Railroad Commissioner, and Agriculture Commissioner. It passed the Senate on March 19, and it passed the policy committee in the House on April 17.

The amendment would allow two consecutive terms. It would not bar someone from running for office if he or she had already had two terms, as long as the new term was not consecutive. If passed, service earlier than 2014 would not count toward the restriction. Texas is now one of only 15 states with no gubernatorial term limits. Thanks to Jim Riley for this news.