90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
HF 2480: Requiring primary elections for the nomination of candidates for city, school district, and merged area elections, 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 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 allows the board of supervisors of a county to decide whether to conduct an election using an optical scan voting system or by counting ballots by hand. The bill applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2026.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 0 for, 2 against
Against: Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club
In plain words
- February 13, 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/HF2480