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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

SJR 3: Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Iowa limiting years of service for members of the general assembly and the governor

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

What it does

This joint resolution proposes two amendments to the Constitution of the State of Iowa limiting years of service for persons elected to the general assembly or the office of the governor. The first amendment provides that a person shall not be elected for a term as a representative or senator if the term would result in the person serving more than 16 years in the general assembly. 3 in the person serving more than two terms as governor. For the purposes of this limitation, a person shall not be considered to have served a term if that person was elevated to serve a portion of a term as governor if that person did not serve at least one-half of the full term.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 22, 2019

  • Sen. R. Smith
  • Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
  • Sen. Pam Jochum (D)

In plain words

  1. January 15, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
  2. January 22, 2019Senate subcommittee named: R. Smith, Cournoyer and Jochum

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SJR3