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

SF 568: Relating to the conduct of elections, including nominations, procedures for proposed amendments to the Iowa Constitution, and absentee voting, and including effective date provisions

Signed into law

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

The effect on local government (county, city, or school board) expenditures depends on the number of households with a registered voter eligible to vote on the public measure. The tables below include examples of potential costs per public measure based on the…

House subcommittee · named March 25, 2021

  • Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R) · bobby.kaufmann@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Jane Bloomingdale (R) · jane.bloomingdale@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Bruce Hunter (D)

Lobbying · 1 for, 6 against

For: Iowa Hospital Association

Against: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa State Education Association; Piper Sandler

In plain words

  1. March 8, 2021Filed in the Senate
  2. March 8, 2021Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 10, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. March 17, 2021Passed the Senate, 30–17
  5. March 24, 2021Arrived in the House
  6. March 25, 2021House subcommittee named: Kaufmann, Bloomingdale and Hunter
  7. March 29, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  8. March 31, 2021Approved by the House committee
  9. May 19, 2021Passed the House, 54–33
  10. May 19, 2021Passed the Senate, 29–17
  11. June 3, 2021Sent to the Governor
  12. June 8, 2021Signed into law

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/SF568