Senate Joint Resolution 2 - Introduced



                                  SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION       
                                  BY  ANGELO, BEHN, JOHNSON, HAHN,
                                      McKIBBEN, BOETTGER, SEYMOUR,
                                      BRUNKHORST, and McKINLEY


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

                                SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

  1 A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
  2    the State of Iowa to define marriage.
  3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1811SS 81
  5 pf/gg/14

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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.  Only marriage between a man and a
  1  6 woman shall be valid or recognized in the State of Iowa.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.  The foregoing amendment
  1  8 to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred to the
  1  9 General Assembly to be chosen at the next general election for
  1 10 members of the General Assembly and the Secretary of State is
  1 11 directed to cause the same to be published for three
  1 12 consecutive months previous to the date of that election as
  1 13 provided by law.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
  1 16 Constitution of the State of Iowa regarding the validity and
  1 17 recognition of certain marriages in Iowa.  The joint
  1 18 resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next general
  1 19 assembly for adoption a second time before being submitted to
  1 20 the electorate for ratification.
  1 21 LSB 1811SS 81
  1 22 pf:rj/gg/14