89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
HF 44: Defining infamous crime as election misconduct in the first degree that is vote fraud for the purposes of disqualifying a person from registering to vote and voting and from being a candidate for certain elective offices and limiting such disqualifications to the term of the sentence
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
Article II, section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa denies the privilege of an elector to any person convicted of an infamous crime. State statute defines infamous crime as a felony conviction under state or federal law. State law also allows a person who has been discharged from parole, probation, or work release, or who has been released from incarceration upon completion of sentence, to apply to the governor for restoration of the rights of citizenship, which include the rights to register to vote and to vote.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 2 for, 1 against
For: Families United Action Network (FUAN); Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club
Against: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
In plain words
- January 12, 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/HF44