Relating to the use of automatic tabulating equipment and optical scan voting systems

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2024
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2024
Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: House committee
Next: Passes the House
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

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’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Currently, Iowa law requires certain types of voting machines and scanners to be used in all elections. This bill would remove those requirements so that different types of equipment can be used instead.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to the use of automatic tabulating equipment and optical scan voting systems in elections. The bill strikes provisions requiring the use of optical scan voting systems in all elections and the use of automatic tabulating equipment in certain elections.

Full bill text²

Senate subcommittee

Named January 23, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§49.26 §52.1 §52.2

How the Code works³

Lobbying

1 for · 0 against · 1 undecided · Who →

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90th General Assembly

SF 2079Cleared committee

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HF 169Cleared committee91st GA

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HF 169 Relating to the use of automatic tabulating equipment and optical scan voting systems
91st General Assembly · In committee
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