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

HF 2601: Relating to campaign finance, including participation in ballot issue campaigns by foreign nationals and investigations of election misconduct, and making penalties applicable

Signed into law

What it does

This bill relates to campaign finance. The bill defines the terms “directly or indirectly” and “foreign national” for purposes of the bill and for independent campaign expenditures and transfers of campaign funds under current law. The bill requires the treasurer of a political committee expressly advocating the passage or defeat of a ballot issue that receives a contribution from a donor to obtain an affirmation that the donor is not a foreign national and has not knowingly or willfully accepted funds in excess of $100,000 in aggregate from one or more foreign nationals within the four years immediately preceding the date the contribution is made.

Sponsors

Rep. Austin Harris (R)

Cost

Cost: up to $6,200

House File 2601 creates a new offense within Iowa Code chapter 68A, and the number of convictions is unknown. The average State cost per serious misdemeanor is between $350 and $6,200. This includes operating costs incurred by the Judicial Branch, the Indigent…

Lobbying · 7 for, 0 against

For: ALEC Action; Consumers' Defense; Heritage Action for America; Honest Elections Project Action; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; State Shield Action; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 19, 2026Filed in the House
  2. March 11, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. March 23, 2026Passed the House, 90–0
  4. March 23, 2026Arrived in the Senate
  5. April 21, 2026Took the place of SF 2204 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
  6. April 21, 2026Passed the Senate, 44–0
  7. May 6, 2026Sent to the Governor
  8. May 14, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  9. June 2, 2026Signed into law

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HF2601