Back to the bill

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

HF 2289: Relating to voluntary campaign expenditure limitations

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 voluntary campaign expenditure limitations for candidates for the Iowa senate and house of representatives. The bill allows a candidate for the Iowa senate or house of representatives to submit to the general assembly a declaration that the candidate will make expenditures totaling less than $100,000 for the senate, or $50,000 for the house of representatives. A candidate who submits such a declaration shall submit reports that the candidate is required to submit to the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board, and the president of the senate, for a candidate for the senate, or the speaker of the house of representatives, for a candidate for the house of representatives shall monitor the total amount of expenditures.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club

In plain words

  1. February 7, 2020Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee
  2. February 10, 2020Subcommittee recommended passing it

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/HF2289