89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
HF 2174: Relating to the auditing of election management systems and including effective date 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 audits of county voting systems. The bill requires the state commissioner of elections to request proposals from independent cyber security firms to perform forensic audits of county voting systems. The bill includes requirements for which systems shall be audited. The state commissioner of elections shall publish requirements that an independent cyber security firm must meet in order to perform the audit. The firm selected by the state commissioner of elections shall capture a forensic image of the voting systems to be examined and shall analyze the server traffic in the image, including packet captures and the origin of each internet security protocol address that accessed the server.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against
Against: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club
In plain words
- February 1, 2022Filed 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/HF2174