Relating to the use of automatic tabulating equipment and optical scan voting systems

Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 4, 2025
Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
Next: Passes the House
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 Iowa would no longer be required to use specific types of machines that scan paper ballots or automatically count votes in all elections. This change affects how different voting systems are used during the election process.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to the use of automatic tabulating equipment and optical scan voting systems in elections. The bill strikes provisions requiring the use of optical scan voting systems in all elections and the use of automatic tabulating equipment in certain elections.

Full bill text²

Senate subcommittee

Named February 4, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§49.26 §52.1 §52.2

How the Code works³

Lobbying

1 for · 1 against · 3 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

SF 2079Cleared committee90th GA

91st General Assembly

SF 160Cleared committeeSenate companion HF 169Cleared committeeHouse companion

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Tried before

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

SF 2079 Relating to the use of automatic tabulating equipment and optical scan voting systems
90th General Assembly · In committee · same title
Cleared committee

Matched by wording or an identical title.