IA SJR 9

died on adjournment

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of an accused to confront children and other witnesses.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did IA SJR 9 pass?

No. IA SJR 9 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-04-29): Sent to Secretary of State.

What is IA SJR 9 about?

IA SJR 9 is a joint resolution in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of an accused to confront children and other witnesses.”.

Who sponsors IA SJR 9?

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY is the primary sponsor of IA SJR 9.

Introduced: 2025-02-27
Latest action: 2025-04-29 — Sent to Secretary of State.
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

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2025-04-29
Sent to Secretary of State.
2025-04-24
Explanation of vote.
2025-04-21
Message from House.
2025-04-17
Immediate message.
2025-04-17
Passed House, yeas 87, nays 6.
passage
2025-04-17
Substituted for HJR 9.
2025-04-03
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
2025-03-19
Read first time, passed on file.
reading-1
2025-03-19
Message from Senate.
2025-03-19
Immediate message.
2025-03-19
Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.
passage
2025-02-27
Committee report, approving bill.
committee-passage
2025-02-27
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction

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Votes

Shall the resolution be adopted?
2025-03-19 · pass · 47-0
Member-level votes (51)
- Alons: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson: yes
- De Witt: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Dotzler: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Garrett: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Guth: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Knox: yes
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- Lofgren: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Pike: yes
- Quirmbach: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rowley: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sinclair: yes
- Sires: yes
- Staed: yes
- Sweeney: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Townsend: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Weiner: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Winckler: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Zumbach: yes
- Celsi: absent
- Petersen: absent
- Wahls: absent
Shall the joint resolution be adopted and agreed to?
2025-04-17 · pass · 87-6
Member-level votes (102)
- Amos: yes
- Jr.: yes
- Andrews: yes
- Baeth: yes
- Bagniewski: yes
- Barker: yes
- Behn: yes
- Bergan: yes
- Blom: yes
- Bloomingdale: yes
- Boden: yes
- Bossman: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brown-Powers: yes
- Collins: yes
- Cooling: yes
- Determann: yes
- Dunwell: yes
- Ehlert: yes
- Fett: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Gearhart: yes
- Gehlbach: yes
- Gerhold: yes
- Gjerde: yes
- Golding: yes
- Gosa: yes
- Grassley: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Henderson: yes
- Hermanson: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hora: yes
- Ingels: yes
- Jacoby: yes
- James: yes
- Johnson, C.: yes
- Johnson, R.: yes
- Jones: yes
- Judge: yes
- Kaufmann: yes
- Kniff: yes
- McCulla: yes
- Konfrst: yes
- Kressig: yes
- Kurth: yes
- Latham: yes
- Lawler: yes
- Levin: yes
- Lohse: yes
- Lundgren: yes
- Madison: yes
- Matson: yes
- McBurney: yes
- Meggers: yes
- Meyer, A.: yes
- Meyer, B.: yes
- Mohr: yes
- Mommsen: yes
- Moore: yes
- Nielsen: yes
- Nordman: yes
- Rinker: yes
- Scholten: yes
- Sexton: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sitzmann: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sorensen: yes
- Srinivas: yes
- Stone: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Vondran: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Weldon: yes
- Wengryn: yes
- Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Wichtendahl: yes
- Williams: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wilz: yes
- Windschitl: yes
- Wood: yes
- Wulf: yes
- Young: yes
- Zabner: yes
- Wills: yes
- Cisneros: no
- Croken: no
- Dieken: no
- Olson: no
- Thomson: no
- Wilburn: no
- Gaines: absent
- Gustoff: absent
- Jeneary: absent
- Open: absent
- Sieck: absent
- Siegrist: absent
- Turek: absent

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