SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 16

BY  SORENSON

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to standing to file an action challenging the constitutionality of a law.

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 V of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended by adding the following new section:
   Standing.  SEC. 6A.  Any natural person shall be deemed to have standing in order to file an action challenging any law as unconstitutional if the person is a resident of this state.
   Sec. 2.
  PUBLICATION AND REFERRAL TO NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
  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 the secretary of state is directed to cause the same to be published for three consecutive months previous to the date of that election as provided by law.
EXPLANATION
   This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that any person shall be deemed to have standing in order to file an action challenging any law as unconstitutional if the person is a resident of this state.
   The joint resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next general assembly (Eighty-fifth) for adoption a second time before being submitted to the electorate for ratification.