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Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HF 596: A bill for an act relating to the recounting and contesting of elections, and providing penalties.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HF 596 is a bill introduced in the Iowa House on February 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act relating to the recounting and contesting of elections, and providing penalties. Primary sponsor: Austin Harris (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 31, 2025): Withdrawn.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Austin HarrisPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse26

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Withdrawn.
  2. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 928.
  3. Committee vote: Yeas, 15. Nays, 6. Excused, 2.
  4. Committee report, recommending passage.
  5. Subcommittee recommends passage.
  6. Subcommittee Meeting: 02/27/2025 9:00AM RM 304.
  7. Subcommittee: Harris, Kaufmann and Zabner.
  8. Introduced, referred to State Government.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source