SJR 9 (LSB 1198SV (5) 91)

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION  OF THE STATE OF IOWA RELATING TO THE RIGHT OF AN ACCUSED TO  CONFRONT CHILDREN AND OTHER WITNESSES. 

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: 
   Article I of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended  by adding the following new section: 
   Sec. 10A.  Protection of children and other witnesses. To  protect children under the age of eighteen and any witness  with a mental illness, intellectual disability, or other  developmental disability, the right of an accused to confront  such witnesses may be limited 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 shall be  

published as provided by law for three months previous to the  date of that election. 

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AMY SINCLAIR
President of the Senate

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PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House

   I hereby certify that this joint resolution originated in the Senate and is known as Senate Joint Resolution 9, Ninety-first General Assembly.

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W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate