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The state's first constitution was created in 1844, but not ratified. [1] The second constitution was created in 1846. [2] The present-day document, which went into effect in 1857, is the state's third constitution. [3] All 3 constitutions had conventions. [4] It supersedes Iowa's 1846 constitution and has had numerous amendments since its ...
The Guarantee Clause of Article 4 of the Constitution states that "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government." These two provisions indicate states did not surrender their wide latitude to adopt a constitution, the fundamental documents of state law , when the U.S. Constitution was adopted.
2022 Iowa Amendment 1 was an amendment to the 1857 Constitution of Iowa that passed on November 8, 2022, via a statewide referendum concurrent with other elections across the state. This amendment adds a provision to the constitution of Iowa declaring that there is a fundamental individual right to keep and bear arms and establishes that any ...
The Iowa Senate has approved a constitutional amendment that would require Iowa to have a flat individual income tax rate — if the state imposes an income tax at all.
The language in question is one of two amendments to the Iowa State Constitution that voters will consider in the 2024 general election. One proposal changes language on age and citizenship ...
This is a list of known applications made to the United States Congress by the state legislatures for a Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution under Article V of the Constitution which provides in pertinent part:
Amendments to the Constitution of Oregon (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "U.S. state constitutional amendments" The following 84 pages are in this category, out of 84 total.
The second constitutional amendment being proposed would constitutionally protect the flat tax. Under current law, Iowa will transition to a flat 3.9% income tax in 2026.