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HF2411 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to disclosure report due dates for certain candidates and committees.

A bill for an act relating to disclosure report due dates for certain candidates and committees.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
TUREK
Last action
2026-02-11
Official status
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 259 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to disclosure report due dates for certain candidates and committees.

A bill for an act relating to disclosure report due dates for certain candidates and committees.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to disclosure report due dates for certain candidates and committees.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 259 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to disclosure report due dates for certain candidates and committees.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2411

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2411

BY

TUREK

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

disclosure

report

due

dates

for

certain

1

candidates

and

committees.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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Section

1.

Section

68A.402,

subsection

2,

paragraph

a,

Code

1

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

a.

Election

year.

A

candidate’s

committee

of

a

candidate

3

for

statewide

office,

the

general

assembly,

or

county

office

4

shall

file

reports

in

an

election

year

as

follows:

during

each

5

calendar

quarter,

beginning

with

the

first

calendar

quarter

of

6

the

calendar

year

in

which

a

contribution

is

accepted

or

an

7

expenditure

is

made.

Each

report

shall

be

filed

not

later

than

8

the

fifteenth

day

after

the

last

day

of

each

calendar

quarter,

9

except

that

the

report

for

the

calendar

quarter

ending

on

10

December

31

of

the

calendar

year

shall

be

filed

not

later

than

11

January

31

of

the

following

calendar

year.

12

Report

due:

Covering

period:

13

May

19

January

1

through

May

14

14

July

19

May

15

or

Wednesday

15

preceding

primary

16

election

through

July

14

17

October

19

July

15

through

October

14

18

January

19

(next

October

15

or

Wednesday

19

calendar

year)

preceding

general

20

election

through

21

December

31

22

EXPLANATION

23

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

24

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

25

This

bill

changes

the

disclosure

report

due

dates

for

26

candidates

for

statewide

office,

the

general

assembly,

or

27

county

office,

and,

by

operation

of

law,

state

and

county

28

statutory

political

committees

and

other

political

committees,

29

to

15

days

after

the

end

of

each

calendar

quarter

of

an

30

election

year,

beginning

with

the

first

calendar

quarter

of

31

the

calendar

year

in

which

a

contribution

is

accepted

or

an

32

expenditure

is

made.

However,

the

report

for

the

calendar

33

quarter

ending

December

31

shall

be

filed

not

later

than

34

January

31

of

the

following

calendar

year.

35

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