SJR 5: 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 limit the number of terms that a person may serve in Congress, and requesting Congress to similarly propose such amendments

What it does

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 limit the number of terms that a person may serve in the Congress of the United States. subsequent applications of other states limited to the purposes identified in the resolution. 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, each member of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, and to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature of each state.

Lobbying · 2 for, 6 against

For: Convention of States Action; Personal Interest-Will Rogers

Against: Common Good Iowa; Concerned Women For America of Iowa; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Norman Rice; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

1. January 19, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee