91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2118: Relating to an absentee ballot marking pilot program for voters with disabilities

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. 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. If the pilot program under the bill is not established statewide, the bill requires that the program be established in a sufficient number of counties to allow the state commissioner of elections to determine whether the program is feasible statewide.

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 27, 2026

Rep. Jon Dunwell (R)
Rep. Rob Johnson (D) · rob.johnson@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Matt W. Windschitl (R) · matt.windschitl@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 9 for, 0 against

For: AARP Iowa; American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Brain Injury Association of Iowa; Easterseals Iowa; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; League of Women Voters of Iowa

In plain words

January 21, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee
January 27, 2026House subcommittee named: Dunwell, Johnson, R. and Windschitl
February 12, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it