Relating to the address confidentiality program

Sponsored by the Senate State Government (companion To Hf 397 By Committee on State Government) Committee

Proposed by the Secretary of State · their explanation · all agency proposals

Topics:Elections & voting State government Families & human services

Same legislation: HSB 74, HF 397, SSB 1129

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 17, 2025
Done: Senate committeeFebruary 26, 2025
Done: Passes the SenateApril 21, 202545–0
Skipped: House committeeSkipped
Done: Passes the HouseMarch 11, 202591–0
Done: To the GovernorMay 6, 2025
Done: Signed into lawMay 6, 2025

HF 397 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 397, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 397 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary The Secretary of State's address confidentiality program would allow certain people, like victims of abuse, to use a shelter's contact information instead of a physical address. Participants could also request that their mail be held for a short time and register for absentee voting for their entire certification period. Additionally, the program can cancel a person's certification if they die or if officials learn they have registered to vote in another state.¹

Read the official explanation

Under current law, the address confidentiality program managed by the secretary of state provides mail forwarding services to program participants who include victims of domestic abuse, domestic abuse assault, sexual abuse, assault, stalking, or human trafficking, and individuals who fear for their own safety or the safety of a household member. This bill allows the secretary to (1) accept as an eligible person’s residential or mailing address the name and other contact information of a shelter at which the eligible person resides in lieu of the shelter’s physical address, (2) cancel an adult participant’s certification or a deceased participant’s certification upon receiving reliable information, and (3) hold a participant’s mail for up to days at the request of the participant. The bill requires the secretary or a county commissioner of elections to cancel a participant’s voter registration if aware that the participant is registered to vote in another state. The bill allows a program participant to register as an absentee voter for the length of the participant’s certification period, rather than annually under current law.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed²

Senate subcommittee

Named February 17, 2025 (as SSB 1129). On February 20, 2025 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§9E.3 §9E.4 §9E.5 §9E.6

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Lobbying

2 for · 0 against · 11 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

SF 2162Cleared committee90th GA

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HSB 74Renumbered SSB 1129Renumbered

91st General Assembly

HF 397Became lawfrom HSB 74 SF 457Didn’t advancefrom SSB 1129

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Tried before

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

SF 2162 Relating to the address confidentiality program
90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · very similar
Cleared committee

Matched by wording or an identical title.