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

HJR 2001: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the sponsorship of bills by members of the general assembly

Did not pass · It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended.

What it does

This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the sponsorship of bills by members of the general assembly. The amendment limits the number of introduced bills on which a member of the general assembly may be a lead sponsor to per session of each general assembly. 2001 general assembly may appear as the lead sponsor and does not apply to appropriations bills, Iowa Code editor bills, and bills certified as emergency legislation by the committee on rules and administration in the senate or the committee on administration and rules in the house.

Sponsors

Rep. Jason Gearhart (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 0 for, 2 against

Against: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 13, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the State Government 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/HJR2001