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Senate Joint Resolution 1 - Introduced
                                  SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1
                                  BY ZAUN
                     SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution
  of the State of Iowa relating to the right of the people to
  keep and bear arms.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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    Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
 the State of Iowa is proposed:
    Article I of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended
 by adding the following new section:
    Right to keep and bear arms. Sec. 1A. The right of the
 people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The
 sovereign state of Iowa affirms and recognizes this right to be
 a fundamental individual right. Any and all restrictions of
 this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny.
    Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO ELECTORATE. The foregoing proposed
 amendment, having been adopted and agreed to by the 88th
 General Assembly, 2019 Session, thereafter duly published, and
 now adopted and agreed to by the 89th General Assembly in this
 joint resolution, shall be submitted to the people of the state
 of Iowa at the general election in November of the year 2022 in
 the manner required by the Constitution of the State of Iowa
 and the laws of the state of Iowa.
                            EXPLANATION
         The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
          the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
    This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
 Constitution of the State of Iowa, for adoption by the second
 consecutive general assembly, providing that the right of the
 people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The
 sovereign state of Iowa affirms and recognizes this right to be
 a fundamental right. Any and all restrictions of this right
 shall be subject to strict scrutiny.
    The joint resolution, if adopted, would be submitted to the
 electorate for ratification at the general election in November
 2022.
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