Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2191: A BILL FOR An Act relating to elections for school district and city officers and bonds, and including applicability provisions
Status: In committee, February 19, 2026
An Act relating to elections for school district and city officers and bonds, and including applicability provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to elections for school district and city officers and bonds, and including applicability provisions.
From the introduced text, January 28, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to elections for school district and city officers and bonds, and including applicability provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5610YH (2) ss/ns H.F. 2191 DIVISION I SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CITY ELECTIONS Section 1. Section 39.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: a. All special elections which are authorized or required by law, unless the applicable law otherwise requires, shall be held on Tuesday. A special election shall not be held on the first, second, third, and fourth Tuesdays preceding and following the primary and the general elections or on the first, second, and third Tuesdays preceding and following a city or school election. Sec. 2. Section 39.2, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, a special election may be held on the same day as a regularly scheduled election if the two elections are not in conflict within the meaning of section 47.6, subsection 2. A special election may be held on the same day as a regularly scheduled election with which it does so conflict if the commissioner who is responsible for conducting the elections concludes that to do so will cause no undue difficulties, except that a …
Sponsors
- Norlin Mommsen (R, 70) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Withdrawn. H.J. 672 .
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2623 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 16. Nays, 4. Excused, 1. H.J. 336 .
- : Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 336 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/03/2026 12:45PM House Lounge.
- : Subcommittee: Williams, Bloomingdale and Zabner. H.J. 178 .
- : Introduced, referred to Local Government. H.J. 164 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 336 . (February 17, 2026): 16 yea, 4 nay, passed
Subjects: school districts, elections and politics, city government, city officers, school boards, bonds, voting
Common questions
- What is HF2191?
- HF2191 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to elections for school district and city officers and bonds, and including applicability provisions.
- What does HF2191 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to elections for school district and city officers and bonds, and including applicability provisions.
- What is the status of HF2191?
- In committee as of February 19, 2026. Latest action: Withdrawn. H.J. 672 . (March 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2191?
- Norlin Mommsen (R, 70).
- Where is the official record for HF2191?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2191&ga=91
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