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

HSB 633: HSB 633

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 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, 2026.

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 30, 2024

Rep. Brooke Boden (R) · brooke.boden@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Dan Gehlbach (R) · dan.gehlbach@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Heather Matson (D) · heather.matson@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 9 against

For: Opportunity Solutions Project

Against: Iowa Association of Community College Trustees; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Central Community College; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Iowa-Nebraska; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

January 30, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
January 30, 2024House subcommittee named: Boden, Gehlbach and Matson
February 7, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it