House Joint Resolution 2003

                               HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION       
                               BY  ALONS, CHAMBERS, BAUDLER, BOAL,
                                   DE BOEF, GRANZOW, CARROLL, KLEMME,
                                   BOGGESS, SANDS, HUTTER, RAYHONS,
                                   DENNIS, BODDICKER, WATTS, ROBERTS,
                                   TYMESON, QUIRK, MERTZ, LALK,
                                   WILDERDYKE, PAULSEN, KRAMER, HORBACH,
                                   UPMEYER, LUKAN, KURTENBACH,
                                   J. K. VAN FOSSEN, HAHN, HUSEMAN,
                                   HANSON, DRAKE, J. R. VAN FOSSEN,
                                   ELGIN, RASMUSSEN, FREEMAN,
                                   VAN ENGELENHOVEN, DIX, RAECKER,
                                   and DOLECHECK


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  1 A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
  2    the State of Iowa regarding marriage in this State.
  3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  The following amendment to the Constitution of
  1  2 the State of Iowa is proposed:
  1  3    Article I of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is
  1  4 amended by adding the following new section:
  1  5    MARRIAGE.  SEC. 26.  Marriage in this State shall consist
  1  6 only of the legal union of one man and one woman as husband
  1  7 and wife.  The exclusive legal union, incidents, privileges,
  1  8 and immunities of the legal status of marriage shall not be
  1  9 conferred upon, contracted for, or otherwise enjoyed by
  1 10 unmarried couples or groups of persons.  A marriage solemnized
  1 11 and valid in any other state, territory, country, or foreign
  1 12 jurisdiction is valid in this State if it is not contrary to
  1 13 this section and it satisfies all other requirements of State
  1 14 law.  A civil contract valid in any other state, territory,
  1 15 country, or foreign jurisdiction that does not confer the
  1 16 legal status of marriage but only confers the exclusive legal
  1 17 union, incidents, privileges, or immunities of such status on
  1 18 an unmarried couple or group of persons is not valid in this
  1 19 State.
  1 20    Sec. 2.  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.  The foregoing amendment
  1 21 to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred to the
  1 22 General Assembly to be chosen at the next general election for
  1 23 members of the General Assembly and the Secretary of State is
  1 24 directed to cause the same to be published for three
  1 25 consecutive months previous to the date of that election as
  1 26 provided by law.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
  1 29 Constitution of the State of Iowa regarding what constitutes a
  1 30 marriage and the legal incidents, privileges, or immunities of
  1 31 marriage in this state.  The resolution, if adopted, would be
  1 32 referred to the next general assembly for adoption a second
  1 33 time before being submitted to the electorate for
  1 34 ratification.
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