Bill Text: IA HJR6 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa limiting years of service for members of the general assembly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-28 - Fiscal note. [HJR6 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HJR6-Introduced.html
House
Joint
Resolution
6
-
Introduced
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
6
BY
JACOBSEN
and
JENEARY
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
A
Joint
Resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
Constitution
1
of
the
State
of
Iowa
limiting
years
of
service
for
members
2
of
the
general
assembly.
3
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
The
following
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
1
the
State
of
Iowa
is
proposed:
2
1.
Section
3
of
Article
III
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
3
of
Iowa
is
repealed
and
the
following
adopted
in
lieu
thereof:
4
Sec.
3.
Representatives
——
term
limitation.
The
members
5
of
the
house
of
representatives
shall
be
chosen
every
second
6
year,
by
the
qualified
electors
of
their
respective
districts,
7
and
their
term
of
office
shall
commence
on
the
first
day
of
8
January
next
after
their
election,
and
continue
two
years,
and
9
until
their
successors
are
elected
and
qualified.
A
person
10
shall
not
be
elected
for
a
term
as
representative
if
the
term
11
would
result
in
the
person
serving
more
than
four
consecutive
12
terms
in
the
house
of
representatives
or
for
two
years
next
13
after
serving
four
consecutive
terms.
If
a
person
is
elected
14
to
serve
a
portion
of
a
term
to
which
some
other
person
was
15
elected
but
that
person
died
in
office
or
resigned
from
office
16
or
was
otherwise
removed
from
office,
that
portion
of
a
term
17
served
shall
not
be
included
in
the
terms
of
service
for
18
purposes
of
this
limitation
if
the
person
did
not
serve
for
at
19
least
one-half
of
the
term.
Service
prior
to
January
1,
2025,
20
shall
not
be
counted
for
the
purpose
of
calculating
consecutive
21
terms.
22
2.
Section
5
of
Article
III
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
23
of
Iowa
is
repealed
and
the
following
adopted
in
lieu
thereof:
24
Sec.
5.
Senators
——
qualifications
——
term
limitation.
25
Senators
shall
be
chosen
for
the
term
of
four
years,
at
26
the
same
time
and
place
as
representatives;
they
shall
be
27
twenty-five
years
of
age,
and
possess
the
qualifications
of
28
representatives
as
to
residence
and
citizenship.
A
person
29
shall
not
be
elected
for
a
term
as
senator
if
the
term
would
30
result
in
the
person
serving
more
than
two
consecutive
terms
in
31
the
senate
or
for
four
years
next
after
serving
two
consecutive
32
terms.
If
a
person
is
elected
to
serve
a
portion
of
a
term
to
33
which
some
other
person
was
elected
but
that
person
died
in
34
office
or
resigned
from
office
or
was
otherwise
removed
from
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office,
that
portion
of
a
term
served
shall
not
be
included
1
in
the
terms
of
service
for
purposes
of
this
limitation
if
2
the
person
did
not
serve
for
at
least
one-half
of
the
term.
3
Service
prior
to
January
1,
2025,
shall
not
be
counted
for
the
4
purposes
of
calculating
consecutive
terms.
5
Sec.
2.
REFERRAL
AND
PUBLICATION.
The
foregoing
proposed
6
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
referred
7
to
the
general
assembly
to
be
chosen
at
the
next
general
8
election
for
members
of
the
general
assembly,
and
shall
be
9
published
as
provided
by
law
for
three
months
previous
to
the
10
date
of
that
election.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
joint
resolution
proposes
an
amendment
to
the
15
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
limiting
years
of
service
for
16
persons
elected
to
the
general
assembly.
17
The
amendment
provides
that
a
person
shall
not
be
elected
18
for
a
term
as
a
representative
if
the
term
would
result
in
the
19
person
serving
more
than
four
consecutive
terms
in
the
house
of
20
representatives
or
elected
for
a
term
as
a
senator
if
the
term
21
would
result
in
the
person
serving
more
than
two
consecutive
22
terms
in
the
senate.
Additionally,
a
representative
shall
23
not
be
elected
for
a
term
as
a
representative
for
two
years
24
following
a
fourth
consecutive
term,
and
a
senator
shall
not
25
be
elected
for
a
term
as
a
senator
for
four
years
following
a
26
second
consecutive
term.
For
the
purposes
of
this
limitation,
27
a
person
shall
not
be
considered
to
have
served
a
term
if
that
28
person
was
elected
to
serve
a
portion
of
a
term
if
that
person
29
did
not
serve
at
least
one-half
of
the
full
term.
30
The
amendment
does
not
apply
to
service
occurring
prior
to
31
January
1,
2025.
32
The
resolution,
if
adopted,
would
be
referred
to
the
next
33
general
assembly
for
adoption
before
being
submitted
to
the
34
electorate
for
ratification.
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