HF2073 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to ballot contents for certain elected offices.

Elections

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: HARRIS
Last action: 2026-02-04
Official status: Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to ballot contents for certain elected offices.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to ballot contents for certain elected offices.

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Bill History

2026-02-04 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-01-28 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2026 12:30PM RM 19.
2026-01-27 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Harris, Lundgren and Nielsen. H.J. 159 .
2026-01-14 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 95 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to ballot contents for certain elected offices.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2073

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2073

BY

HARRIS

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

ballot

contents

for

certain

elected

offices.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

2

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H.F.

2073

Section

1.

Section

49.57,

subsection

2,

Code

2026,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

2.

After

the

name

of

each

candidate

for

a

partisan

an

3

office

with

the

authority

to

propose,

approve,

levy,

or

vote

4

for

a

tax,

the

name

of

the

candidate’s

political

party

shall

5

be

printed

in

at

least

six

point

type.

The

names

of

political

6

parties

and

nonparty

political

organizations

may

be

abbreviated

7

on

the

remainder

of

the

ballot

if

both

the

full

name

and

8

the

abbreviation

appear

in

the

voter

instruction

area

of

the

9

ballot.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

This

bill

requires

the

political

party

of

a

candidate

for

14

election

to

an

office

with

the

authority

to

propose,

approve,

15

levy,

or

vote

for

a

tax

to

be

printed

after

the

name

of

the

16

candidate

on

the

ballot.

17

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5612YH

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