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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SJR 20: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the state budget by creating a state general fund expenditure limitation

Did not pass · It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

Cost: up to $14,400

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 th…

Senate subcommittee · named January 13, 2020

  • Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D) · bill.dotzler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Carrie Koelker (R) · carrie.koelker@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. March 4, 2019Filed in the Senate
  2. March 4, 2019Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 6, 2019Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. April 27, 2019Sent to the Senate Appropriations committee
  5. January 13, 2020Senate subcommittee named: Costello, Dotzler and Koelker

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SJR20