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

HF 484: Relating to the nomination of candidates for president of the United States by political parties

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 relates to primary elections for nominees for president of the United States. The bill allows a political party, defined in Code, to request that the state commissioner of elections conduct a primary election for the selection of a nominee for president of the United States in lieu of selecting a nominee for president of the United States through the caucus process. The bill requires a primary election to select a nominee for president of the United States for a political party to be held at least four days earlier than the scheduled date for any meeting, caucus, or primary which constitutes the first determining stage of the presidential nominating process in any other state, territory, or any other group which has the authority to select delegates in the presidential nomination.

Sponsors

Rep. David Jacoby (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club

In plain words

  1. February 19, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee

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/HF484