Bill Text: IA HJR2004 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A joint resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to term limits for elected officials and terms of office for judges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-10 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 217. [HJR2004 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HJR2004-Introduced.html
House
Joint
Resolution
2004
-
Introduced
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
2004
BY
JACOBSEN
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
A
Joint
Resolution
proposing
amendments
to
the
Constitution
1
of
the
State
of
Iowa
relating
to
term
limits
for
elected
2
officials
and
terms
of
office
for
judges.
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
Section
17
of
Article
V
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
3
Iowa
is
repealed
and
the
following
adopted
in
lieu
thereof:
4
Sec.
17.
Terms
——
judicial
elections.
Members
of
all
courts
5
shall
serve
terms
of
eight
years.
Judges
shall
serve
for
one
6
year
after
appointment
and
until
the
first
day
of
January
7
following
the
next
judicial
election
after
the
expiration
of
8
such
year.
They
shall
at
such
judicial
election
stand
for
9
retention
in
office
on
a
separate
ballot
which
shall
submit
the
10
question
of
whether
such
judge
shall
be
retained
in
office
for
11
the
tenure
prescribed
for
such
office
and
when
such
tenure
is
a
12
term
of
years,
on
their
request,
they
shall,
at
the
judicial
13
election
next
before
the
end
of
each
term,
stand
again
for
14
retention
on
such
ballot.
Present
supreme
court
and
district
15
court
judges,
at
the
expiration
of
their
respective
terms,
may
16
be
retained
in
office
in
like
manner
for
the
tenure
prescribed
17
for
such
office.
The
general
assembly
shall
prescribe
the
time
18
for
holding
judicial
elections.
19
Sec.
2.
The
following
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
20
State
of
Iowa
is
proposed:
21
Article
XI
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
22
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
section:
23
Sec.
9.
Term
limits.
A
person
shall
not
be
elected
to
a
24
term
for
any
office
in
this
state,
including
in
any
political
25
subdivision
of
this
state,
if
the
term
would
result
in
the
26
person
serving
more
than
a
total
of
eight
terms
in
that
office.
27
If
a
person
is
elected
to
serve
a
portion
of
a
term
to
which
28
some
other
person
was
elected,
that
portion
of
a
term
served
29
shall
not
be
included
in
the
terms
of
service
for
purposes
30
of
this
limitation
if
the
person
did
not
serve
for
at
least
31
one-half
of
the
full
term
of
that
office.
This
limitation
on
32
terms
of
service
applies
to
terms
of
office
beginning
on
or
33
after
January
1,
2025.
34
Sec.
3.
REFERRAL
AND
PUBLICATION.
The
foregoing
proposed
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amendments
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
are
1
referred
to
the
general
assembly
to
be
chosen
at
the
next
2
general
election
for
members
of
the
general
assembly,
and
shall
3
be
published
as
provided
by
law
for
three
months
previous
to
4
the
date
of
that
election.
5
EXPLANATION
6
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
7
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
8
This
joint
resolution
proposes
two
amendments
to
the
9
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
relating
to
term
limits
for
10
elected
officials
and
terms
of
office
for
judges.
11
The
first
proposed
amendment
sets
the
term
of
office
for
all
12
judges
in
Iowa
to
eight
years.
13
The
second
proposed
amendment
prohibits
a
person
from
being
14
elected
to
serve
a
term
in
any
elected
office
in
Iowa
if
the
15
term
would
result
in
the
person
serving
more
than
eight
terms
16
in
that
office.
For
the
purposes
of
this
limitation,
a
person
17
shall
not
be
considered
to
have
served
a
term
if
that
person
18
was
elected
to
serve
a
portion
of
a
term
and
that
person
did
19
not
serve
at
least
one-half
of
the
full
term.
This
limitation
20
applies
to
terms
of
office
beginning
on
or
after
January
1,
21
2025.
22
The
resolution,
if
adopted,
would
be
published
and
then
23
referred
to
the
next
general
assembly
(90th)
for
adoption,
24
before
being
submitted
to
the
electorate
for
ratification.
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