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Calling for an Article V convention in order to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and impose limits on the number of terms that a person may serve in Congress, and requesting Congress to similarly propose such amendments
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2023
- Stopped: Approved in committeeDid not pass
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Passes again next General AssemblyThe same wording, after an election
- Next: Voters decideOn the next general election ballot
Did not pass It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This joint resolution constitutes an application requesting the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention in order to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and impose limits on the number of terms that a person may serve in the Congress of the United States. The resolution stipulates that Iowa’s delegates to such a convention are expressly limited to consideration and support of amendments on those topics.
Read the full explanation
The resolution constitutes a continuing application to call a constitutional convention and states the intention of the General Assembly that the application be aggregated with the prior and subsequent applications of other states limited to the purposes identified in the resolution. person may serve in the Congress of the United States. The resolution requires the Secretary of State to transmit certified copies of this resolution to the President and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the presiding officer of each house of the legislature of each state, and to the members of Iowa’s congressional delegation.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named January 12, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SJR 12 Calling for an Article V convention in order to propose amendments to the Constitution of …89th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same titleCleared committee
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