Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to the conduct of elections, and making penalties applicable
Sponsored by Rep. Eddie Andrews (R)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 20, 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 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 relates to the conduct of elections. The 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. The bill requires that each ballot include a unique code or other identifier to distinguish genuine ballots from counterfeit ballots. The bill prohibits a ballot from being counted if it does not include a unique code or other identifier that has not been previously included on a cast ballot.
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The bill alters the groups of voters who may cast an absentee ballot. The bill allows a voter to cast an absentee ballot only if the voter will be absent on election day during the time the polls are open from the precinct in which the voter is a registered voter due to a responsibility related to the person’s employment; the voter will be prevented from going to the polls and voting on election day due to illness, age, or physical disability; or the voter expects to be unable to go to the polls and vote on election day because the voter is a member of the military. The bill prohibits a candidate for public office or a candidate’s committee from accepting contributions of greater than $1 from a person not living in or incorporated or organized under the laws of this state. The bill states the general assembly’s recognition that persons who are not residents of Iowa have the right to free speech under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States and may have a passing interest in elections in Iowa but that the general assembly finds that it is in the best interest of the residents of Iowa for elections in Iowa to be influenced and funded by residents of Iowa. By operation of law, a person who willfully violates this provision of the bill 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. The bill imposes campaign contribution limits on candidates for public office. In an election campaign cycle, a person shall not contribute to a candidate, and the candidate shall not accept, more than $100.701, guilty of a serious misdemeanor.32D for a violation of the bill relating to campaign finance, 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
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- HF 2373 Relating to the conduct of elections, and making penalties applicable90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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