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SSB 1218
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 23, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 3, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SJR 16
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SJR 16 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SJR 16 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary This amendment would add a right to the Iowa Constitution for people to hunt, fish, trap, and harvest wildlife. It would also require the state to manage natural resources for public use and use hunting and fishing as a preferred way to control wildlife populations. While these rights would be protected, the state can still pass reasonable laws to help conserve wildlife.1
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_____ maintain natural resources in trust for public use, and that preserve the future of hunting, fishing, trapping, and harvesting wildlife. The proposed amendment further states that hunting, fishing, trapping, and harvesting wildlife shall be a preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife and that the proposed amendment shall not be construed to modify any provision of law relating to eminent domain, trespass, property rights, or water resources. The resolution, if adopted, would be published and then referred to the next general assembly (90th) for adoption, before being submitted to the electorate for ratification.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 23, 2021. Meeting: Thursday, February 25 · 9:30 AM · RM 24A.
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Fiscal note
AI summary This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to preserve the right to hunt, trap, fish, and take game and fish in Iowa. The estimated cost to publish the amendment after passing the 89th General Assembly is $14,400 in fiscal year 2023. If passed a second time by the 90th General Assembly, the estimated cost to publish in all 99 counties would be $178,200 in fiscal year 2025.3
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Description
Senate Joint Resolution 16 proposes an amendment to the Iowa Constitution preserving the right to hunt, trap, fish, and take game and fish in the State of Iowa.
Background
Iowa Code section 49A.1 and the Iowa Constitution require that when an amendment to the Constitution is passed by the General Assembly and has been referred to the next succeeding General Assembly, the General Assembly is required to publish the proposed amendment in two newspapers of general circulation in each Iowa congressional district once each month for three consecutive months prior to the start of the next General Assembly. Upon passage of the amendment by the second General Assembly, the amendment would be published in newspapers in all 99 counties once each month for three consecutive months immediately preceding the general election.
This would be the first year of the process.
Assumptions
- The average cost to publish an amendment in a single newspaper is $600.
- Publication of the amendment would occur in 99 newspapers (one in each county) for a three-month period.
Fiscal Impact
The estimated cost to publish a proposed Constitutional amendment passed by the 89th General Assembly would be $14,400 (8 newspapers x 3 months x $600). The costs would incurred in fall 2022 (FY 2023), prior to the convening of the 2023 Legislative Session. Assuming the proposed amendment is passed a second time by the 90th General Assembly, the estimated cost would be $178,200 (99 newspapers x 3 months x $600). The costs would be incurred in fall 2024 (FY 2025).
The publication costs would be incurred by the Secretary of the Senate’s Office and the Chief Clerk’s Office in the House of Representatives, and reimbursed by the Iowa Secretary of State.
Sources
- Legislative Services Agency
- Office of the Secretary of State
- Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping, Constitutional Amendment · March 8, 2021 · $178,200
Lobbying
8 for · 2 against · 3 undecided · Who →
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- SJR 14 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people …88th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
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