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SJR 5Did not pass · February 13, 2025

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa eliminating involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime

Sponsored by Sen. Izaah Knox (D)

Topics:State government

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2025
  2. Stopped: Approved in committeeDid not pass
  3. Next: Passes the Senate
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Passes again next General AssemblyThe same wording, after an election
  6. Next: Voters decideOn the next general election ballot

Did not pass It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

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 another alternative to incarceration. The resolution, if adopted, would be published and then referred to the next general assembly (92nd) for adoption, before being submitted to the electorate for ratification.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

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Named February 18, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

Tried before

HJR 1Cleared committee89th GA

91st General Assembly

SJR 5Cleared committee

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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 · same title
    Cleared committee

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.