Bills › 88th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 6, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 24, 2019
- Done: House committeeMarch 4, 2019
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- 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 relates to the administration of combined city and school elections. The bill changes the withdrawal deadline for candidates in a school election from 35 days before the election to 42 days before the election, the same deadline for candidates in a city election. The bill changes the date for a canvass following a municipal election from the Thursday following the election to the Monday or Tuesday following the election. The bill requires a request for a recount in a municipal election to be submitted by the day following the canvass, requires the county board of canvassers to meet by the Friday following the election, and the report on the recount to be filed by the 14th day after the election.
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The bill requires the board of directors of a merged area to organize at the first regular or special meeting after the canvass of the regular school election. The bill also changes the date of the canvass for an election held in a merged area to the second Monday or Tuesday following an election, the same deadline for a second canvass required of certain cities and school districts pursuant to 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 155, section 28. The bill changes the expiration date of the terms of office of members of boards of directors of a merged area or school district elected in September 2015 or 2017 to the day of the board’s organizational meeting following the election.
House subcommittee
Named January 24, 2019. On January 30, 2019 it recommended passage.
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Lobbying
4 for · 1 against · 20 undecided · Who →
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