89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
HF 134: Relating to straight party voting, and including applicability provisions
Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill relates to straight party voting. The bill allows a voter to vote for all candidates of a single party that has multiple candidates on a ballot by marking a voting target on the first section of the ballot. In cases where more than one person is being elected to a single office, the voter must mark each candidate for whom the voter desires to vote if the candidates do not all belong to the party for which the voter cast a straight party vote. If there is a conflict between a straight party vote and a vote for a candidate not of that party, the vote for the individual controls. The bill applies to elections held on or after the effective date of the bill.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 2 for, 2 against
For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa State Education Association
Against: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Personal Interest -Bill Gustoff
In plain words
- January 21, 2021Filed 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/89/HF134