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Relating to the payment of home security expenses from campaign funds, and making penalties applicable
Sponsored by the House State Government Committee
Topics:Elections & votingState government
Same legislation: HSB 644
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2026
- Done: House committeeFebruary 17, 2026
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, 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 People running for office can use their campaign money to pay for home security costs. They can spend up to $3,000 once to install a system and up to $1,200 each year to run it. Candidates must keep detailed records of these payments and show them to state officials if asked.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the payment of home security expenses from campaign funds. The bill permits a candidate or candidate’s committee to pay for home security expenses using campaign funds if the payment to the home security provider is reasonable. The bill allows a candidate or candidate’s committee to expend up to $3,000 once for the installation of a home security system and up to $1,200 annually for the operation of a home security system. The bill requires the candidate to keep logs relating to payment for any such services, which shall be provided to the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board upon request during the course of an audit. The bill requires the candidate’s committee to preserve a home security log for five years following the submission of a report relating to the log, or for three years following the dissolution of the committee.32D). In addition, a person who willfully violates a provision of Code chapter 68A is 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.
House subcommittee
Named January 29, 2026 (as HSB 644). On February 9, 2026 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
2 written public comments to its subcommittee: February 9, 2026 (2) · on the Legislature’s site
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
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