88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
HF 380: Relating to the scanning and usage of intelligent mail barcodes on absentee ballots
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 requires the county commissioner of elections to place an intelligent mail barcode on every ballot return envelope and to scan the intelligent mail barcode on any absentee ballot received by the commissioner that contains such a barcode to determine when the ballot entered the federal mail system. However, if the ballot contains a postmark and an intelligent mail barcode, the commissioner shall cause the intelligent mail barcode to be scanned only if the postmark does not indicate that the ballot was mailed by the applicable deadline.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club
In plain words
- February 13, 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/HF380