Running Out of Time
Time is almost up on passing a crime victims rights amendment this session. The Iowa Legislature has self-imposed deadlines to help winnow their work...
We have been battling for Iowa crime victims for many years. Thanks to you, and our steadfast coalition, we have made tremendous progress over the years. Our time for starting the process to amend our constitution is quickly slipping away. If we do not pass a bill out of a legislative committee by Feb. 18, our issue is dead for the year. Here's how you can help...
Click one of these boxes to see all of the members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. Reach out to all of them and respectfully let them know you support a crime victims' rights amendment in Iowa and ask them politely to please keep this issue alive past the first funnel deadline.
If you're more inclined to reach out on the phone you can call the House switchboard at (515) 281-3221 or the Senate switchboard at (515) 281-3371. You will need to know the name of the legislator you are wanting to talk to and LEAVE A MESSAGE if you get voicemail.
You don't have to be a survivor or a member of law enforcement, we need ALL Iowans to make their voices heard. Iowa crime victims are counting on us.
Time is almost up on passing a crime victims rights amendment this session. The Iowa Legislature has self-imposed deadlines to help winnow their work...
I have been in law enforcement for 30 years, and I have seen firsthand how the victims of violent crimes have so much trauma from the incident, that...