88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026
HF 2256: Relating to the automatic mailing of ballots 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 mailing of absentee ballots. The bill requires county commissioners of elections to automatically mail absentee ballots to all registered voters days before an election and to electronically confirm the receipt of returned absentee ballots. Current law requires registered voters to submit an application prior to receiving an absentee ballot, and provides that commissioners mail absentee ballots not earlier than days before the election. The bill also allows county commissioners to establish drop boxes at which voters or voters’ designees may deposit absentee ballots.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 2 for, 1 against
For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa State Association of County Auditors
Against: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
In plain words
- February 6, 2020Filed 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 Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF2256