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

HJR 5: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to citizen initiatives to amend the Constitution of the State of Iowa and the Iowa Code and referendums to approve certain bills passed by 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 citizen initiatives and referendums. The amendment creates a process to allow qualified electors to submit petitions to amend the Constitution of the State of Iowa and the Iowa Code. The amendment requires a petition to amend the Constitution to be signed by a number of qualified electors in each of at least three-fourths of the congressional districts in the state equal to percent of the total votes cast in the district for governor at the preceding general election and petitions to amend the Iowa Code to be signed by a number of qualified electors in each of at least three-fourths of the congressional districts in the state equal to percent of the total votes cast in the district for governor at the preceding general election.

Sponsors

Rep. Jerome Amos Jr. (D), Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D), Rep. Timi M. Brown-Powers (D), Rep. Jeff Cooling (D), Rep. Ken Croken (D), Rep. Tracy A. Ehlert (D), Rep. Daniel Gosa (D), Rep. Lindsay James (D), Rep. Rob Johnson (D), Rep. Jennifer Konfrst (D), Rep. Bob Kressig (D), Rep. Monica Kurth (D), Rep. Elinor A. Levin (D), Rep. Mary Lee Madison (D), Rep. Heather Matson (D), Rep. Larry McBurney (D), Rep. Brian Meyer (D), Rep. Rick L. Olson (D), Rep. J.D. Scholten (D), Rep. Dr. Megan L. Srinivas (D), Rep. Josh Turek (D), Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D), Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D), Rep. Ross Wilburn (D), Rep. Adam Zabner (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 3 for, 2 against

For: Dr. Tanja Garrison; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa

Against: Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 30, 2025Filed 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/HJR5