House Joint Resolution 8 - Introduced



                                  HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION       
                                  BY  ALONS, ANDERSON, ARNOLD,
                                      BAUDLER, BOAL, CHAMBERS, CLUTE,
                                      DE BOEF, DEYOE, DOLECHECK,
                                      DRAKE, FORRISTALL, GRANZOW,
                                      GRASSLEY, GREINER, HEATON,
                                      HORBACH, HUSEMAN, JACOBS,
                                      KAUFMANN, LUKAN, MAY, MERTZ,
                                      L. MILLER, S. OLSON, PAULSEN,
                                      QUIRK, RANTS, RASMUSSEN,
                                      RAYHONS, ROBERTS, SANDS,
                                      SODERBERG, STRUYK, SWAIM,
                                      TJEPKES, TOMENGA, TYMESON,
                                      UPMEYER, VAN ENGELENHOVEN,
                                      VAN FOSSEN, WATTS, WIENCEK,
                                      WINDSCHITL, and WORTHAN



    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 validating and recognizing only certain
  3    marriages.
  4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2601YH 82
  6 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 marriages in Iowa only between a man and a
  1 18 woman.
  1 19    The joint resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the
  1 20 next general assembly for adoption a second time before being
  1 21 submitted to the electorate for ratification.
  1 22 LSB 2601YH 82
  1 23 pf:rj/gg/14