91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SJR 8: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to citizen initiatives to amend the Constitution of the State of Iowa
Did not pass · It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended.
What it does
R. This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to citizen initiatives to amend the Constitution of the State of Iowa. The amendment allows a petitioner who collects a number of signatures from qualified electors equal to percent of the total number of ballots cast for governor in the last gubernatorial election, including signatures from a number of qualified electors from at least one-half of all counties in this state equal to percent of the total number of ballots cast for governor in the last gubernatorial election in that county, to submit the proposed constitutional amendment to the secretary of state for submission to the electorate at a general election.
Sponsors
Sen. Matt Blake (D), Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D), Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D), Sen. Zach Wahls (D), Sen. Cindy Winckler (D), Sen. Mike Zimmer (D)
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 26, 2025
- Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Cindy Winckler (D) · cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 3 for, 1 against
For: Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowans for Medical Marijuana
Against: VALOR Iowa
In plain words
- February 25, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
- February 26, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Schultz and Winckler
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/SJR8