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

HSB 591: HSB 591

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

What it does

This bill allows the state commissioner of elections to adopt rules to establish a pilot program to allow voters with disabilities that prevent such voters from marking ballots by hand to independently and privately mark absentee ballots, including by the use of assistive technology. The bill requires that the program include a method by which such voters can request an absentee ballot by mail. _____ statewide. The bill requires the state commissioner of elections to file a report with the general assembly by December of each year regarding the pilot program established under the bill.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 23, 2024

  • Rep. David E. Young (R) · david.young@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Jon Dunwell (R)
  • Rep. Adam Zabner (D) · adam.zabner@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 10 for, 0 against

For: AARP Iowa; Brain Injury Alliance of Iowa; Disability Rights Iowa; Easterseals Iowa; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council; Iowa Secretary of State; Iowa State Association of County Auditors; Linn County Board of Supervisors; NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Iowa-Nebraska

In plain words

  1. January 18, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee
  2. January 18, 2024House subcommittee named: Golding, Dunwell and Zabner
  3. January 23, 2024House subcommittee named: Young, Dunwell and Zabner
  4. January 25, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it
  5. February 8, 2024Approved by the House committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HSB591