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HF 55Died when the session ended · January 22, 2019

Changing the date of the primary election

Topics:State government

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2019
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2019
  3. Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

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’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill changes the date of holding the primary election from the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each even-numbered year to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September in each even-numbered year. The dates for other deadlines related to the primary and general election are changed accordingly. Additional corresponding changes may be required.

Full bill text1

House subcommittee

Named January 30, 2019. Meeting: Monday, February 11 · 2:30 PM · House Lounge.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§43.7§43.73§43.76§43.77§43.78§43.79§53.2

How the Code works2

Lobbying

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