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Relating to an agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would join an agreement to award its presidential electoral votes based on the national popular vote instead of just the votes cast within the state. This plan only goes into effect once enough states join to reach a majority of electoral votes nationwide. Any state that joins can leave the agreement, but they must wait until after a president's term ends if they try to quit near the end of that term.1
Read the official explanation
This bill creates a compact for the state of Iowa whereby the state agrees to certify its electors for president of the United States based on the national popular vote for president, rather than on the popular vote for president within the state. The agreement is cited in the bill as the “National Popular H.F. Vote Compact”. To take effect, the compact must be enacted by any number of states whose electoral votes, in the aggregate, constitute a majority of the entire number of electoral votes nationally. The compact provides that any member state may withdraw from the compact. However, if a withdrawal occurs six months or less before the end of a president’s term, the withdrawal shall not take effect until a president has qualified to serve the next term.