Bill Text: IA HSB245 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to elections, including political party caucuses and updates to the statewide voter registration system.(See HF 716.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-13 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 716. [HSB245 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HSB245-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
245
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KAUFMANN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
elections,
including
political
party
1
caucuses
and
updates
to
the
statewide
voter
registration
2
system.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
43.91,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
43.91
Voter
at
caucus
——
qualifications.
3
Any
person
voting
at
a
precinct
caucus
must
be
a
person
who
4
is
or
will
by
the
date
of
the
next
general
election
become
5
an
eligible
elector,
who
has
not
already
participated
in
the
6
caucus
of
any
political
party
within
the
same
year,
who
has
7
been
a
member
of
the
political
party
holding
the
precinct
8
caucus
for
seventy
days
immediately
preceding
the
precinct
9
caucus,
who
is
physically
present
at
the
location
of
the
10
precinct
caucus,
and
who
is
a
resident
of
the
precinct.
A
list
11
of
the
names
and
addresses
of
each
person
to
whom
a
ballot
was
12
delivered
or
who
was
allowed
to
vote
in
each
precinct
caucus
13
shall
be
prepared
by
the
caucus
chairperson
and
secretary
who
14
shall
certify
such
list
to
the
commissioner
at
the
same
time
15
as
the
names
of
those
elected
as
delegates
and
party
committee
16
members
are
so
certified.
17
Sec.
2.
Section
47.7,
subsection
3,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
18
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
19
The
state
registrar
of
voters
shall
may
use
information
from
20
the
electronic
registration
information
center
other
entities
21
to
update
information
in
the
statewide
voter
registration
22
system,
including
but
not
limited
to
reports
related
to
any
of
23
the
following
reports
:
24
Sec.
3.
Section
47.7,
subsection
3,
paragraph
d,
Code
2023,
25
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
26
d.
Deceased
persons
.
27
Sec.
4.
Section
47.7,
subsection
3,
paragraph
e,
Code
2023,
28
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
relates
to
elections.
33
The
bill
requires
a
person
voting
at
a
precinct
caucus
to
34
have
been
a
member
of
the
political
party
holding
the
caucus
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for
the
70
days
immediately
preceding
the
caucus
and
to
be
1
physically
present
at
the
location
of
the
precinct
caucus.
2
The
bill
strikes
a
requirement
that
the
state
registrar
3
of
voters
use
information
from
the
electronic
registration
4
information
center
to
update
information
in
the
statewide
5
voter
registration
system,
including
a
report
of
voters
that
6
are
eligible
but
unregistered.
The
bill
allows
the
state
7
registrar
of
voters
to
use
information
from
other
entities
to
8
update
information
in
the
statewide
voter
registration
system,
9
including
but
not
limited
to
reports
related
to
certain
subject
10
areas
set
forth
under
current
law.
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