Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to the automatic mailing of ballots, and including applicability provisions
Sponsored by Rep. Jerome Amos Jr. (D), Rep. Ken Croken (D), Rep. Rob Johnson (D), Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D), Rep. Elizabeth Wilson (D)
Topics:Elections & voting
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2025
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the mailing of absentee ballots. The bill requires county commissioners of elections to automatically mail absentee ballots to all registered voters days before an election and to electronically confirm the receipt of returned absentee ballots. Current law requires registered voters to submit an application prior to receiving an absentee ballot, and provides that commissioners mail absentee ballots not earlier than days before the election. The special precinct election board must convene starting on November to begin counting ballots.
Read the full explanation
The bill requires voter registration cards and absentee ballots to include instructions on how absentee ballots may be tracked by the voter.3.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with any state mandate included in the bill. The bill applies to all elections taking place on or after July 1, 2025.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§22.7§48A.10A§53.1§53.10§53.12§53.18§53.19§53.21§53.22§53.23§53.39§53.45§53.49§53.7§53.8
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This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2385 Relating to the automatic mailing of ballots, and including applicability provisions90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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