HSB 577

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2020
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 28, 2020
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeFebruary 12, 2020
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa specifying that to “defend the dignity of all human life, and to protect mothers and unborn children from efforts to expand abortion even to the day of birth, we the people of the State of Iowa declare that this Constitution shall not be construed to recognize, grant, or secure a right to abortion or to require the public funding of abortion”. The joint resolution, if adopted, would be published and then referred to the next general assembly (89th) for adoption, before being submitted to the electorate for ratification. /tm 1/ 1

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named January 28, 2020. On February 4, 2020 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Steven Holt REmail
• Rep. Dustin D. Hite R
• Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell DEmail

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

Fiscal note

Constitutional Amendment Publication Cost. The estimated cost to publish a proposed constitutional amendment passed by the General Assembly during the 2020 Legislative Session would be $14,400 (8 newspapers x 3 months x $600). The costs would be incurred in the fall of 2020 (FY 2021).

• Abortion, Constitutional Amendment · February 18, 2020

Reading a fiscal note²

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