Relating to an absentee ballot marking pilot program for voters with disabilities

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 6, 2025
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. 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 allows the state commissioner of elections to adopt rules to establish a pilot program to allow voters with disabilities that prevent such voters from marking ballots by hand to independently and privately mark absentee ballots, including by the use of assistive technology. The bill requires that the program include a method by which such voters can request an absentee ballot by mail. If the pilot program under the bill is not established statewide, the bill requires that the program be established in a sufficient number of counties to allow the state commissioner of elections to determine whether the program is feasible statewide.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§53.5

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• HF 2118 Relating to an absentee ballot marking pilot program for voters with disabilities
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• SSB 3047 Relating to an absentee ballot marking pilot program for voters with disabilities
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Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.