Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the state budget by creating a state general fund expenditure limitation

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2019
2. ✓
   Done: Approved in committeeMarch 4, 2019
3. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDid not pass
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Passes again next General AssemblyThe same wording, after an election
6. Next: Voters decideOn the next general election ballot

Did not pass It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended. What’s a funnel?

Senate subcommittee

Named January 16, 2019. On February 5, 2019 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Mark Costello REmail
• Sen. Joe Bolkcom D
• Sen. Carrie Koelker REmail

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

Cost: up to $14,400 Compare with other bills

Constitutional Amendment Publication Cost. The estimated cost to publish a proposed Constitutional amendment passed by the General Assembly during the 2019 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).

• Expenditure Limitation, Constitutional Amendment · March 6, 2019
• Expenditure Limitation, Constitutional Amendment · January 30, 2019

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title; check the text to be sure it’s the same idea.