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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2385: Relating to the automatic mailing of ballots, and including applicability provisions

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the mailing of absentee ballots. The bill requires county commissioners of elections to automatically mail absentee ballots to all registered voters days before an election and to electronically confirm the receipt of returned absentee ballots. Current law requires registered voters to submit an application prior to receiving an absentee ballot, and provides that commissioners mail absentee ballots not earlier than days before the election. The special precinct election board must convene starting on November to begin counting ballots.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 2 for, 2 against

For: Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club

Against: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 8, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee

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/90/HF2385