Senate File 2153 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2153 BY GARRETT , EDLER , SHIPLEY , COSTELLO , LOFGREN , GUTH , CARLIN , CHELGREN , SCHULTZ , CHAPMAN , GREENE , SEGEBART , C. JOHNSON , BEHN , FEENSTRA , SINCLAIR , ROZENBOOM , ZUMBACH , ZAUN , BERTRAND , and BROWN A BILL FOR An Act providing for the constitutionality of statutes and 1 including effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5768XS (4) 87 ec/rj

S.F. 2153 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 4.15 Constitutionality of statutes. 1 Pursuant to the provisions of Article V, section 4 of 2 the Constitution of the State of Iowa, the general assembly 3 declares that no statute shall be held unconstitutional by a 4 court of this state except by the concurrence of at least five 5 justices of the supreme court of Iowa. 6 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 7 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill provides that no statute shall be held 12 unconstitutional by a court of this state except by the 13 concurrence of at least five justices of the supreme court of 14 Iowa. 15 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 16 -1- LSB 5768XS (4) 87 ec/rj 1/ 1