Bills › 91st General Assembly

SF 543Withdrawn · HF 928 became law instead · April 14, 2025

Relating to the conduct of election recounts, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions

Sponsored by the Senate State Government Committee

Proposed by the Secretary of State · all agency proposals

Topics:Elections & voting

Same legislation: SSB 1176, HF 596, HF 928

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 24, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2025
  3. Done: Senate committeeMarch 5, 2025
  4. Done: Passes the SenateApril 14, 202531–14
  5. Skipped: House committeeSkipped
  6. Done: Passes the HouseMarch 25, 202566–31
  7. Done: To the GovernorMay 19, 2025
  8. Done: Signed into lawJune 2, 2025

HF 928 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 928, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 928 What’s a funnel?

What changed before it passed The bill as introduced compared with the version both chambers passed.

Amendments · 2

2 adopted · 0 failed. Newest first.

  • S-3093Strike everything · filed April 9, 2025 by Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R)
    AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and changes rules regarding election canvassing and recounts. It updates how judges are retained in office, modifies the timing for second canvasses in multi-county cities or school districts, and establishes new procedures for requesting and conducting recounts for statewide, federal, and multi-county offices.
    Amends this SF 543 to CONFORM to HF 928
    Adopted
    April 14, 2025
  • H-1155 · filed March 24, 2025 by
    AI summary This amendment changes the vote margins required for automatic recounts and updates the timelines for when certain election boards must meet. It also allows the commissioner to assign staff to recount boards, provided an equal number of people from each political party are used for partisan offices. Additionally, it adds a rule that a candidate can stop a recount by reaching a written agreement with the apparent winner to accept the original results.
    Adopted
    March 25, 2025