Limiting individual campaign contributions, and making penalties applicable

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2026
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. 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 imposes campaign contribution limits on candidates for public office that are identical to those set forth in federal campaign finance regulations. A person who willfully violates the bill is, pursuant to Code section 68A.701, guilty of a serious misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than $2,560. A variety of civil remedies are also available in Code section 68B.32D for a violation of the bill, ranging from a reprimand to a civil penalty of not more than $2,000.

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

Creates§68A.507

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

• SF 2240 Limiting campaign contributions, and making penalties applicable
  90th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identical
  Cleared committee
• HF 2222 Limiting campaign contributions, and making penalties applicable
  90th General Assembly · In committee · very similar
  Cleared committee

Similar bills this General Assembly

• HF 288 Limiting campaign contributions, and making penalties applicable
  91st General Assembly · In committee
  Nearly identical

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.