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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

HF 519: Relating to the election of presidential electors

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 the election of presidential electors. The bill changes the allocation of presidential electors such that two are declared elected from the political party, or group of petitioners, of the candidates for president and vice president who received the greatest number of votes statewide and one elector is declared elected from each congressional district who was selected by the political party, or group of petitioners, of the candidates for president and vice president having the greatest number of votes in that congressional district. Under current law, all presidential electors are allocated to the statewide winner.

Sponsors

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Cost

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In plain words

  1. February 15, 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/HF519