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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 ...
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.
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"The bill allows the law to recognize biological differences while forbidding unfair discrimination," Reynolds says. Opponents dub it the "LBGTQ erasure act."
The Iowa state legislature first addressed women's suffrage in 1843 when the issue was briefly addressed during a discussion about allowing women to view legislative proceedings. [1] When the discussion of the state constitution turned to allowing African Americans the right to vote in 1844, there was also a discussion about women's suffrage at ...
This essay is adapted from a 2024 analysis published as "Tax-Funded Education Savings Account Payments to Religious Schools Violate State Constitution Compulsion Guarantees: The Iowa Example ...
Legislatively-referred amendment: Iowa Require Citizenship to Vote in State Elections and Allow 17-Year-Olds to Vote in Primaries Amendment: A legislatively-referred constitutional amendment that would add only a citizen of the U.S., rather than every citizen of the U.S., can vote; and supports allowing 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the ...