Bill Text: IA HJR2002 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A joint resolution requesting the call of a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to term limits for federal legislators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-24 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 108. [HJR2002 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HJR2002-Introduced.html
House
Joint
Resolution
2002
-
Introduced
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
2002
BY
BRADLEY
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
A
Joint
Resolution
requesting
the
call
of
a
constitutional
1
convention
for
the
purpose
of
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
2
Constitution
of
the
United
States
relating
to
term
limits
3
for
federal
legislators.
4
WHEREAS,
Article
V
of
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States
5
provides
that
Congress
must
call
a
convention
for
the
purpose
6
of
proposing
amendments
to
the
Constitution
upon
application
by
7
two-thirds
of
the
states
demanding
such
action;
and
8
WHEREAS,
the
general
assembly
of
Iowa
is
hereby
joining
9
with
other
states
in
asserting
rights
and
responsibilities
10
under
Article
V
of
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States
with
11
regard
to
proposing
a
congressional
term
limits
amendment;
NOW
12
THEREFORE,
13
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House
Joint
Resolution
2002
-
Introduced
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
14
That
the
general
assembly,
as
the
legislature
of
the
state
of
15
Iowa,
pursuant
to
Article
V
of
the
Constitution
of
the
United
16
States,
hereby
applies
to
the
Congress
of
the
United
States
17
to
call
a
convention
for
the
exclusive
purpose
of
proposing
an
18
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States
to
limit
the
19
number
of
terms
that
a
person
may
be
elected
as
a
member
of
the
20
United
States
house
of
representatives
and
to
set
a
limit
on
21
the
number
of
terms
that
a
person
may
be
elected
as
a
member
of
22
the
United
States
senate.
23
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
chief
clerk
of
the
Iowa
24
house
of
representatives
transmit
copies
of
this
resolution
25
to
the
president
and
secretary
of
the
United
States
senate,
26
the
speaker,
clerk,
and
judiciary
committee
chairperson
of
the
27
United
States
house
of
representatives,
to
each
senator
and
28
representative
from
Iowa
in
the
Congress
of
the
United
States,
29
and
to
the
presiding
officers
of
each
legislative
body
of
30
each
of
the
several
states,
requesting
the
cooperation
of
the
31
states
in
issuing
an
application
compelling
Congress
to
call
32
a
convention
for
proposing
amendments
pursuant
to
Article
V
of
33
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States.
34
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
this
application
shall
35
be
considered
as
covering
the
same
subject
matter
as
the
36
applications
from
other
states
to
Congress
to
call
a
convention
37
to
set
a
limit
on
the
number
of
terms
that
a
person
may
be
38
elected
to
the
United
States
house
of
representatives
and
the
39
United
States
senate;
and
this
application
shall
be
aggregated
40
with
the
same
for
the
purpose
of
attaining
the
two-thirds
41
of
states
necessary
to
require
Congress
to
call
a
limited
42
convention
on
this
subject,
but
shall
not
be
aggregated
with
43
any
other
applications
on
any
other
subject.
44
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
this
application
constitutes
45
a
continuing
application
in
accordance
with
Article
V
of
the
46
Constitution
of
the
United
States
until
the
legislatures
of
at
47
least
two-thirds
of
the
several
states
have
made
applications
48
on
the
same
subject.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
resolution
constitutes
a
petition
requesting
the
United
4
States
Congress
to
call
a
constitutional
convention
for
the
5
exclusive
purpose
of
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
Constitution
6
of
the
United
States
proposing
term
limits
for
members
of
the
7
United
States
senate
and
house
of
representatives.
8
The
resolution
also
provides
that
it
shall
serve
as
a
9
continuing
application
to
call
a
constitutional
convention,
10
until
at
least
two-thirds
of
the
legislatures
of
the
several
11
states
have
made
application
for
a
similar
convention
and
the
12
convention
is
convened
by
Congress.
The
resolution
provides
13
that
it
shall
not
be
aggregated
with
applications
requesting
14
that
constitutional
conventions
be
called
for
other
reasons.
15
The
resolution
also
requires
that
the
chief
clerk
of
the
16
Iowa
house
of
representatives
transmit
copies
of
the
resolution
17
to
the
president
and
secretary
of
the
United
States
senate,
to
18
the
speaker,
clerk,
and
judiciary
committee
chairperson
of
the
19
United
States
house
of
representatives,
to
each
senator
and
20
representative
from
Iowa
in
the
Congress
of
the
United
States,
21
and
to
the
presiding
officers
of
each
legislative
body
of
22
each
of
the
several
states,
requesting
the
cooperation
of
the
23
states
in
issuing
an
application
compelling
Congress
to
call
a
24
convention
for
proposing
amendments
pursuant
to
Article
V
of
25
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States.
26
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