HF2404 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the timing of school district bond elections.

Education Elections

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: WATKINS
Last action: 2026-02-11
Official status: Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 258 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the timing of school district bond elections.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the timing of school district bond elections.

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Bill History

2026-02-11 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 258 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the timing of school district bond elections.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2404

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2404

BY

WATKINS

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

timing

of

school

district

bond

1

elections.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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H.F.

2404

Section

1.

Section

39.2,

subsection

4,

paragraph

d,

Code

1

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

d.

(1)

For

any

political

subdivision

of

this

state

that

3

is

not

a

school

district

,

if

the

special

election

is

in

4

whole

or

in

part

for

the

question

of

issuing

bonds

or

other

5

indebtedness,

the

first

Tuesday

after

the

first

Monday

in

6

November.

7

(2)

For

a

school

district,

if

the

special

election

is

in

8

whole

or

in

part

for

the

question

of

issuing

bonds

or

other

9

indebtedness,

the

first

Tuesday

after

the

first

Monday

in

10

November

of

each

even-numbered

year.

11

EXPLANATION

12

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

13

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

14

This

bill

relates

to

the

timing

of

school

district

bond

15

elections.

16

The

bill

provides

that

a

school

district

bond

election

may

17

only

be

held

on

the

date

of

the

general

election

as

defined

in

18

Code

section

39.1,

which

is

the

first

Tuesday

after

the

first

19

Monday

in

November

of

each

even-numbered

year.

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