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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 818: Relating to the restoration of voting rights to certain convicted persons and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the definition of a discharge of a criminal sentence for the purposes of the automatic restoration of a convicted person’s voting rights pursuant to a constitutional amendment originating in a resolution passed during the 89th general assembly relating to the restoration of the voting rights of felons upon the discharge of a criminal sentence. If the constitutional amendment contained in such a resolution is ratified by the electors pursuant to Article X, section 1, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, the bill becomes effective and defines the discharge of a criminal sentence as including all of the following: the completion of confinement, parole, and probation, and any special sentence imposed pursuant to Code chapter 903B (sex offender special sentencing and hormone treatment), the offense of child endangerment resulting in the death of a child or minor, or election misconduct in the first degree; the receipt of a pardon or a restoration of rights from the governor for an offense under Code chapter 707 (homicide and related crimes); and the payment of all pecuniary damages owed to a natural person imposed pursuant to Code chapter 910 (restitution).

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 29, 2021

  • Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Nate Boulton (D)
  • Sen. Zach Whiting (R)

Lobbying · 2 for, 7 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Linn County Board of Supervisors

Against: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); IA Mental Health Planning Council; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Iowa-Nebraska

In plain words

  1. March 11, 2021Filed in the House
  2. March 24, 2021Passed the House, 67–28
  3. March 25, 2021Arrived in the Senate
  4. March 29, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Sinclair, Boulton and Whiting

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF818