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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

HF 129: Relating to the administration of elections, including voter identity verification and straight party voting, and including applicability provisions

Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the administration of elections, including voter identity verification and straight party voting. The bill removes the requirement that a voter establish the voter’s identity by providing certain documents. The bill also removes the requirement that a registered voter swearing an oath attesting to another voter’s eligibility to vote prove the registered voter’s identity by providing certain documents. The bill repeals the program for the automatic issuance of voter identification cards to registered voters who do not have a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 3 for, 1 against

For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa State Education Association; One Iowa Action

Against: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps

In plain words

  1. January 24, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF129