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Amendment H-8029 to HF 2501

Relating to the conduct of elections

Adopted · February 25, 2026

Filed February 24, 2026 in the House by

What it changes

  1. Page 12, after line 16 by inserting: “DIVISION ___ ABSENTEE BALLOTS —— POSTAL SERVICE BARCODES Sec. ___. Section 53.17A, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
  2. The state commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the statewide implementation of a postal service barcode and tracking information database and the implementation of a postal service barcode for absentee ballots requested or returned pursuant to section 9E.6, 53.22, 53.39, 53.44, or 53.45 , including procedures to be followed when usage of a postal service barcode or the tracking information database is negatively impacted. Each commissioner shall use a postal service barcode and tracking information database consistent with rules of the state commissioner. Every commissioner shall send notice to the state commissioner and implement the use of a postal service barcode and tracking information database prior to October 1,
  3. Sec. ___. Section 53.17A, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: a. An absentee ballot requested or returned pursuant to section 9E.6, 53.22, 53.39, 53.44, or 53.45 and received after the polls close on election day but prior to the official canvass shall be counted if the commissioner determines that the ballot entered the federal mail system by the deadline specified in section 53.17 or 53.22 . The date of entry of such an absentee ballot into the federal mail system shall only be verified as provided in paragraph “b” . DIVISION ___ VOTER IDENTIFICATION —— ATTESTATION OF ANOTHER Sec. ___. Section 49.78, subsections 4 and 5, Code 2026, are amended by striking the subsections. Sec. ___. Section 49.78, subsection 6, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
  4. A voter who is not otherwise disqualified from voting and who has established identity under subsection 2 , or 3 , or 4 shall be furnished a ballot and be allowed to vote under section 49.77 . Sec. ___. Section 49.81, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
  5. A prospective voter who is unable to establish identity under section 49.78, subsection 2 , paragraph “a” , or section 49.78, subsection 3 or 4 , shall be notified by the appropriate precinct election official that the voter may cast a provisional ballot. The voter shall mark the ballot and immediately seal it in an envelope of the type prescribed by subsection 5 . The voter shall deliver the sealed envelope to a precinct election official who shall deposit it in an envelope marked “provisional ballots”. The ballot shall be considered as having been cast in the special precinct established by section 53.20 for purposes of the postelection canvass. DIVISION ___ COUNTY OFFICERS —— DUTIES Sec. ___. Section 35B.10, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
  6. The county commission of veteran affairs shall prepare and file in the office of the county auditor on or before the thirtieth day of each January, April, July, and October a report showing the case numbers of all recipients receiving assistance under this chapter , together with the amount paid to each during the preceding quarter. Each report so filed shall be maintained as a permanent record to be used only for such reports made under this chapter . Sec. ___. Section 298.11, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 298.11 Apportionment of school funds.
  7. The county auditor treasurer shall, on the first Monday in April and the first Monday in October of each year, apportion the school tax, together with rents on unsold school lands to which the county is entitled as shown in notice from the director of the department of administrative services, and all other moneys in the hands of the county treasurer belonging in common to the schools of the county and not included in a previous apportionment, among the corporations in the county in the manner provided by law.
  8. The county auditor shall immediately notify the county treasurer of such apportionment and of the amount due thereby to each corporation.
  10. The county treasurer shall thereupon give notice to the president of each corporation, and shall pay out such apportionment moneys in the same manner that the county treasurer is authorized to pay other school moneys to the treasurers of the several school districts. Sec. ___. Section 331.502, subsections 10, 11, 16, and 35, Code 2026, are amended by striking the subsections. Sec. ___. Section 331.502, subsection 12, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
  11. Issue warrants and maintain a permanent record for payment of claims of persons receiving veteran assistance as provided in section 35B.10 . Sec. ___. Section 331.508, subsections 4 and 5, Code 2026, are amended by striking the subsections. Sec. ___. Section 331.552, subsection 16, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
  12. Pay Apportion and pay to the treasurers of the school corporations located in the county the taxes and other moneys due as provided in section 298.11 and send amounts collected for each fund of a school corporation for direct deposit into the depository and account designated as provided in section 298.13 . Sec. ___. Section 331.552, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION .
  13. Receive and record in a book kept for that purpose, moneys recovered from a person willfully committing waste or trespass on real estate as provided in section 658.10. Sec. ___. Section 658.10, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 658.10 Disposition of money. All money recovered in an action brought under section 658.9 shall be paid by the officer collecting it to the auditor treasurer of the county in which the lands are situated, which shall be held by the auditor treasurer , and an entry thereof made in a book kept for that purpose, until the lands are redeemed, or a treasurer’s deed therefor executed to the holder of said certificate. If redemption is made, the money shall be paid to the owner of the land, and if not, to the person to whom the deed is executed. Sec. ___. REPEAL. Section 225.35, Code 2026, is repealed.”
  14. Title page, line 1, after “to” by inserting “matters associated with county officers and”
  15. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book