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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

SF 65: Automatically restoring the right to vote and hold elective office for persons who have been discharged from probation, parole, or work release, or who have been released from confinement

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.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 17, 2019

  • Sen. Annette Sweeney (R) · annette.sweeney@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 9 for, 1 against

For: Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Families United Action Network (FUAN); Horizons a Family Alliance; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Personal Interest-Matthew Hickok

Against: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps

In plain words

  1. January 16, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. January 17, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Sweeney, Bisignano and Dawson

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/SF65