Bill Text: IA HF2383 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to state sovereignty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-08 - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 223. [HF2383 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2383-Introduced.html
House File 2383 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2383 BY SHIPLEY A BILL FOR An Act relating to state sovereignty. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 6053HH (2) 90 sc/ns
H.F. 2383 Section 1. Section 1.2, Code 2024, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 1.2 Sovereignty. 3 The state possesses sovereignty coextensive with the 4 boundaries referred to in section 1.1 , subject to such rights 5 as may at any time exist in the United States in relation 6 to public lands, or to any establishment of the national 7 government military or naval establishment . 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 Under current law, state sovereignty is subject to the 12 United States’ rights to public lands or an establishment of 13 the national government. This bill modifies the limits of 14 state sovereignty to make state sovereignty subject only to the 15 United States’ rights to public lands and to military and naval 16 establishments. 17 -1- LSB 6053HH (2) 90 sc/ns 1/ 1
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