House Study Bill 255



                                  HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION       
                                  BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                       GOVERNMENT RESOLUTION BY
                                       CHAIRPERSON ELGIN)


    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 relating to the qualification of electors.
  3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2133HC 81
  5 sc/cf/24

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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    Section 5 of Article II of the Constitution of the State of
  1  4 Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
  1  5    DISQUALIFIED PERSONS.  SEC. 5.  A person adjudged mentally
  1  6 incompetent to vote or a person convicted of any infamous
  1  7 crime shall not be entitled to the privilege of an elector.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.  The foregoing amendment
  1  9 to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred to the
  1 10 General Assembly to be chosen at the next general election for
  1 11 members of the General Assembly, and the Secretary of State is
  1 12 directed to cause the same to be published for three
  1 13 consecutive months previous to the date of that election as
  1 14 provided by law.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
  1 17 Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to persons who are
  1 18 disqualified from voting or holding elective office.  The
  1 19 resolution removes the words "idiot" and "insane" from the
  1 20 constitutional provision and substitutes the phrase "mentally
  1 21 incompetent to vote".
  1 22    The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next
  1 23 general assembly for adoption a second time before being
  1 24 submitted to the electorate for ratification.
  1 25 LSB 2133HC 81
  1 26 sc:rj/cf/24