Making election day a legal public holiday

Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 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 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 Election day would become an official public holiday every two years. State employees would also get a paid day off to observe the holiday.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill makes the day of the general election, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year, a legal public holiday. The bill also makes election day a paid holiday for state employees.

Full bill text²

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§1C.1 §1C.2

How the Code works³

Lobbying

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Tried before

HF 407Cleared committee90th GA

91st General Assembly

HF 287Cleared committee

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

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

HF 407 Making election day a legal public holiday
90th General Assembly · In committee · same title
Cleared committee

Matched by wording or an identical title.