HF245 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the establishment of satellite absentee voting stations on school property.

Education Elections

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: LAWLER
Last action: 2026-01-27
Official status: Subcommittee: Harris, Lundgren and McBurney. H.J. 159 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the establishment of satellite absentee voting stations on school property.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the establishment of satellite absentee voting stations on school property.

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Bill History

2026-01-27 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Harris, Lundgren and McBurney. H.J. 159 .
2025-12-31 Iowa Legislature
* * * * * END OF 2025 ACTIONS * * * * *
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 258 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the establishment of satellite absentee voting stations on school property.

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House

File

245

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

245

BY

LAWLER

(COMPANION

TO

SF

140

BY

DRISCOLL)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

establishment

of

satellite

absentee

1

voting

stations

on

school

property.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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245

Section

1.

Section

53.11,

subsection

1,

paragraph

c,

Code

1

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

subparagraph:

2

NEW

SUBPARAGRAPH

.

(5)

The

site

requested

is

on

school

3

property

and

a

question

to

approve

a

bond,

an

instructional

4

support

program,

an

educational

improvement

program,

a

physical

5

plant

and

equipment

levy,

or

public

education

and

recreation

6

levy

issued

by

any

school

appears

on

the

ballot

to

be

voted

at

7

that

election.

8

EXPLANATION

9

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

10

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

11

This

bill

requires

a

county

commissioner

of

elections

to

12

reject

an

otherwise

valid

petition

to

establish

a

satellite

13

absentee

voting

station

if

the

site

requested

is

on

school

14

property

and

a

question

to

approve

a

bond,

an

instructional

15

support

program,

an

educational

improvement

program,

a

physical

16

plant

and

equipment

levy,

or

public

education

and

recreation

17

levy

issued

by

any

school

appears

on

the

ballot

to

be

voted

at

18

that

election.

19

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