House Study Bill 47 



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


    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 1673HC 82
  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  1  4 Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof: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.  RATIFICATION.  The foregoing proposed amendment to
  1  9 the Constitution of the State of Iowa, having been adopted and
  1 10 agreed to by the Eighty=first General Assembly, 2006 Session,
  1 11 thereafter duly published, and now adopted and agreed to by
  1 12 the Eighty=second General Assembly in this joint resolution,
  1 13 shall be submitted to the people of the State of Iowa at the
  1 14 general election in November of the year 2008 in the manner
  1 15 required by the Constitution of the State of Iowa and the laws
  1 16 of the State of Iowa.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
  1 19 Constitution of the State of Iowa, for adoption by the second
  1 20 consecutive general assembly, relating to persons who are
  1 21 disqualified from voting or holding elective office.  The
  1 22 resolution removes the words "idiot" and "insane" from the
  1 23 constitutional provision and substitutes the phrase "mentally
  1 24 incompetent to vote".
  1 25    The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the
  1 26 electorate for ratification at the general election in
  1 27 November 2008.
  1 28 LSB 1673HC 82
  1 29 sc:rj/cf/24