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

SJR 3: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa limiting terms of service for members of the general assembly

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

What it does

This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa limiting terms of service for persons elected to the office of representative or senator in the general assembly. The amendment provides that a member of the house of representatives shall not serve more than six terms as a representative, and that a member of the senate shall not serve more than three terms as a senator. The amendment provides that if a person is elected to serve a portion of a term in these respective offices, the term shall not be included in counting terms of service if the person did not serve at least one-half of the full term.

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 2021 Legislative Session would be $14,400 (8 newspapers x 3 months x $600). The costs would be incurred in th…

Senate subcommittee · named February 9, 2021

  • Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. January 20, 2021Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
  2. January 26, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Whiting, Bisignano and Dawson
  3. January 27, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. February 9, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Brown, Bisignano and Dawson

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/SJR3