SJR 1 (LSB 1659XS (2) 85)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1

BY  CHELGREN, BOETTGER, BEHN, ERNST, BREITBACH, CHAPMAN, ZUMBACH, BERTRAND, SEGEBART, ZAUN, SINCLAIR, ANDERSON, HOUSER, JOHNSON, ROZENBOOM, SORENSON, KAPUCIAN, GUTH, GREINER, and WHITVER

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the composition of the militia of this state.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  The following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is proposed:
   1.  Section 1 of Article VI of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 5 of the Amendments of 1868, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
   Composition —— training.  SECTION 1.  The militia of this state shall be composed of all able-bodied citizens eighteen years of age and older, except such as are or may hereafter be exempted by the laws of the United States, or of this state; and shall be armed, equipped, and trained, as the general assembly may provide by law.
    Sec. 2.
  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.
  The foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred to the general assembly to be chosen at the next general election for members of the general assembly, and the secretary of state is directed to cause the proposed amendment to be published for three consecutive months previous to the date of that election as provided by law.
EXPLANATION
   This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the composition of the militia of this state. The amendment provides that the militia of this state shall be composed of all able-bodied citizens 18 years of age and older who are not exempt by the laws of the United States or of this state. The Constitution of the State of Iowa currently provides that the militia of this state shall be composed of all able-bodied male citizens between the age of 18 and 45 years who are not exempt by the laws of the United States or of this state. 
   The resolution, if adopted, would be published and then referred to the next general assembly (86th) for adoption, before being submitted to the electorate for ratification.