Bill Text: IA SJR10 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of the people to keep and bear arms. (See SJR 18.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SJR 18. S.J. 381. [SJR10 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SJR10-Introduced.html
Senate
Joint
Resolution
10
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Introduced
SENATE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
10
BY
ZAUN
SENA
TE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
A
Joint
Resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
Constitution
1
of
the
State
of
Iowa
relating
to
the
right
of
the
people
to
2
keep
and
bear
arms.
3
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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S.J.R.
10
Section
1.
The
following
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
1
the
State
of
Iowa
is
proposed:
2
Article
I
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
amended
3
by
adding
the
following
new
section:
4
Sec.
1A.
Right
to
keep
and
bear
arms.
The
right
of
the
5
people
to
keep
and
bear
arms
shall
not
be
infringed.
The
6
sovereign
state
of
Iowa
affirms
and
recognizes
this
right
to
be
7
a
fundamental
individual
right.
Any
and
all
restrictions
of
8
this
right
shall
be
subject
to
strict
scrutiny.
9
Sec.
2.
REFERRAL
AND
PUBLICATION.
The
foregoing
proposed
10
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
referred
11
to
the
general
assembly
to
be
chosen
at
the
next
general
12
election
for
members
of
the
general
assembly
and
the
secretary
13
of
state
is
directed
to
cause
the
same
to
be
published
for
14
three
consecutive
months
previous
to
the
date
of
that
election
15
as
provided
by
law.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
joint
resolution
proposes
an
amendment
to
the
20
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
providing
that
the
right
of
21
the
people
to
keep
and
bear
arms
shall
not
be
infringed.
The
22
sovereign
state
of
Iowa
affirms
and
recognizes
this
right
to
be
23
a
fundamental
individual
right.
Any
and
all
restrictions
of
24
this
right
shall
be
subject
to
strict
scrutiny.
25
The
joint
resolution,
if
adopted,
would
be
referred
to
the
26
next
general
assembly
for
adoption
a
second
time
before
being
27
submitted
to
the
electorate
for
ratification.
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