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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

HJR 2002: Requesting the call of a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to term limits for federal legislators

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

What it does

This resolution constitutes a petition requesting the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention for the exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposing term limits for members of the United States senate and house of representatives. The resolution also provides that it shall serve as a continuing application to call a constitutional convention, until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of the several states have made application for a similar convention and the convention is convened by Congress.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 1 for, 1 against

For: U.S. Term Limits

Against: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps

In plain words

  1. January 24, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee

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/89/HJR2002