Bills › 90th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 31, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 31, 2023
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary If voters approve this change, Iowa will have a clear plan for who takes over if the governor or governor-elect cannot do their job. The lieutenant governor or lieutenant governor-elect would step in to act as governor if the leader is temporarily unable to serve. If the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the lieutenant governor would then become the new governor for the rest of the term.1
Read the official explanation
This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa, for adoption by the second consecutive general assembly, relating to the gubernatorial line of succession. The amendment creates a system of succession in the case of a permanent or temporary disability of the governor or governor-elect. _____ dies, resigns, or is removed from office. In the case of the death, resignation, or removal from office of the governor or governor-elect, the lieutenant governor or lieutenant governor-elect shall become governor or governor-elect for the residue of the term, and the office of lieutenant governor shall become vacant. The resolution, if adopted, would be submitted to the electorate for ratification at the general election in November 2024.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 31, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Lobbying
1 for · 0 against · 0 undecided · Who →
Family tree
Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- SSB 1211 SSB 121189th General Assembly · Renumbered as SJR 15 · very similarCleared committee
- SJR 2003 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the gubernator…88th General Assembly · Passed Senate · similarPassed a chamber
Similar bills this General Assembly
- HSB 37 HSB 3790th General Assembly · Renumbered as HJR 3Nearly identical
Matched by wording or an identical title.