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

SJR 5: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa eliminating involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime

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 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.

Sponsors

Sen. Izaah Knox (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 18, 2025

  • Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Claire Celsi (D)
  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. February 13, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
  2. February 18, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Celsi and Schultz

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/SJR5