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SF 2238Died when the session ended · February 9, 2022

Requiring primary elections for the nomination of candidates for city, school district, and merged area elections, and including applicability provisions

Topics:K–12 educationElections & votingState government

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 9, 2022
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 9, 2022
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 People running for office in cities, school districts, and merged areas will now be chosen through primary elections. This change replaces the old ways of picking candidates, such as using petitions or holding runoff elections. Political parties will also hold meetings to pick the people who run these new primary elections for school districts.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to nominations of candidates for elections to city, school district, and merged area offices. The bill requires candidates for such elections to be nominated by primary elections held pursuant to Code chapter (partisan nominations —— primary election). Currently such elections are nonpartisan except for special charter cities under Code chapter 420. The bill repeals other methods for the nomination of candidates, including nominations by petition and runoff elections. The bill requires political parties in school districts to hold conventions for the nomination of members to the school district central committee for the purpose of holding primary elections in school districts and merged areas. The bill applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2025.

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Senate subcommittee

Named February 9, 2022. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

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Amends§260C.15§275.25§277.4§277.5§279.6§279.7§331.383§376.11§376.3§376.5§376.7§376.8§420.126§420.137§43.112§43.114§43.115§43.116§43.118§43.24§43.78§45.1§49.31§50.48§69.12

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Lobbying

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