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SSB 1144Died when the session ended · February 22, 2023

SSB 1144

Topics:Civil rightsCrime & corrections

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2023
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 8, 2023
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 passed, this amendment would stop the state from using forced labor as a punishment for crimes. It would allow courts and parole agencies to require community service instead of sending people to jail. Voters would decide whether to make this change to the Iowa Constitution.1

Read the official explanation

This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa eliminating involuntary servitude as a legal punishment for crime. The resolution provides that an Iowa court or an Iowa probation or parole agency may order community service or other alternative to incarceration. The resolution, if adopted, would be published and then referred to the next general assembly for adoption, before being submitted to the electorate for ratification.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named February 8, 2023. On February 22, 2023 it recommended passage. [].

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Lobbying

3 for · 0 against · 0 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

HJR 1Cleared committee89th GA

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SSB 1144Cleared committee

90th General Assembly

Picked up later

SJR 5Cleared committee91st GA

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • HJR 1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa eliminating involuntary se…
    89th General Assembly · In committee · very similar
    Cleared committee

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  • SJR 5 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa eliminating involuntary se…
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