Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of the people to keep and bear arms

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2021
2. ✓
   Done: Approved in committeeJanuary 27, 2021
3. ✓
   Done: Passes the SenateJanuary 28, 2021
4. ✓
   Done: Passes the HouseJanuary 28, 2021
5. Next: Passes again next General AssemblyThe same wording, after an election
6. Next: Voters decideOn the next general election ballot

Became SJR 7 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SJR 7 What’s a funnel?

Senate subcommittee

Named January 12, 2021. On January 21, 2021 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Brad Zaun R
• Sen. Tony Bisignano DEmail
• Sen. Jason Schultz REmail

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Fiscal note

Constitutional Amendment Publication Cost. The estimated cost to publish a proposed Constitutional amendment passed by the General Assembly during the 2019 Legislative Session was $14,400 (8 newspapers x 3 months x $600). These costs were incurred in fall 2020 (FY 2021).

• Final Fiscal Note — Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Constitutional Amendment · June 8, 2021
• Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Constitutional Amendment · January 27, 2021
• Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Constitutional Amendment · January 25, 2021

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

Family tree

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.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.

• HJR 13 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of t…
  88th General Assembly · Withdrawn · same title
  Didn’t advance
• HJR 3 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of t…
  88th General Assembly · Withdrawn · same title
  Didn’t advance
• SJR 10 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of t…
  88th General Assembly · Renumbered as SJR 18 · same title
  Cleared committee
• SJR 18 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of t…
  88th General Assembly · Passed both chambers · same title
  Passed a chamber

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.