HJR 3: Applying for an Article V convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes specified limitations on the members of Congress, and requesting Congress to similarly propose such an amendment

What it does

This joint resolution provides that pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, the Iowa General Assembly both petitions the United States Congress to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution on its own and applies the United States Congress to call a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution, for submission to the states for ratification, to impose certain limits on and remove certain privileges from members of Congress.

House subcommittee · named February 15, 2021

• Rep. Shannon Lundgren (R) · shannon.lundgren@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Christina Bohannan (D)
• Rep. Jacob Bossman (R) · jacob.bossman@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 0 for, 4 against

Against: Concerned Women For America of Iowa; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Phyllis Schlafly Eagles of Iowa

In plain words

1. January 22, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee
2. January 28, 2021House subcommittee named: Lundgren, Bossman and Wolfe
3. February 15, 2021House subcommittee named: Lundgren, Bohannan and Bossman