Relating to special elections to fill vacancies in county boards of supervisors and city elective offices, and including applicability provisions

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 20, 2023
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 22, 2023
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   Done: Senate committeeMarch 2, 2023
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   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. 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

This bill relates to special elections to fill vacancies in county boards of supervisors and elective city offices. The bill changes the number of signatures required on a petition to fill a vacancy in the office of county supervisor by a special election from percent of the votes cast in the county for office of president or governor at the preceding general election to percent or the number of signatures required for nomination of a county supervisor, whichever is greater. The bill also changes the signature requirements for a petition to fill a vacancy in an elective city office to percent of the voters who voted for candidates for the office at the preceding regular election at which the office was on the ballot.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Fiscal note

Cost: up to $260,000 Compare with other bills

Counties that hold special elections for the board of supervisors may make expenditures between $1,000 and $185,000 for each special election held. Cities that hold special elections for elective city offices may make expenditures between $750 and $260,000 for each special election held.

• County Supervisor and City Official Vacancies, Special Elections · March 27, 2023

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§331.306§372.13

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