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IA HF438
Bill
Status
2/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Megan Hess Jones
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AI Summary
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Establishes procedures for Iowa to appoint five commissioners to represent the state at any Article V constitutional convention called by Congress, with each legislative chamber selecting two commissioners and jointly selecting a fifth
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Sets strict eligibility requirements for commissioners, including 5-year U.S. citizenship and Iowa residency, minimum age of 25, and prohibitions on current/recent federal employees, lobbyists, felons, and current state legislators
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Creates a three-member advisory committee empowered to remove commissioners for cause if they exceed their authority, support unauthorized amendments, or violate their oath, with an appeal process to the full legislature
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Compensates commissioners at district court judge salary rates with expense allowances, makes them General Assembly employees, and appropriates necessary funds from the general fund
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Makes it a class "D" felony (up to 5 years imprisonment) for commissioners to knowingly vote for amendments outside the convention's scope, and for anyone to bribe, threaten, or obstruct commissioners in their duties
Legislative Description
A bill for an act concerning persons appointed to a convention called by the United States Congress to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States, making appropriations, and providing penalties.(See HF 654.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 654.
2/28/2025