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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 654: Concerning persons appointed to a convention called by the United States Congress to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States, making appropriations, and providing penalties

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the appointment and regulation of commissioners to a convention called by Congress to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States (convention). The bill includes legislative findings. The bill requires the majority leader of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives to call a special session of the general assembly if Congress calls a convention and the general assembly is not in session and is not scheduled to be in session within days. The special session shall be limited to the matters listed in the bill.

Sponsors

Rep. Megan Jones (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 1 for, 5 against

For: Convention of States Action

Against: Concerned Women For America of Iowa; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Phyllis Schlafly Eagles of Iowa; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 28, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Appropriations committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HF654