---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the restoration of voting rights to certain convicted persons and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2129.) Contingent effective date."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the restoration of voting rights to certain convicted persons and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2129.) Contingent effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 2348"
citation: "Iowa SF 2348 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["citizenship rights", "criminal offenders", "elections and politics", "felons", "rights", "sentencing", "voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3424e65e-b60d-4b00-a8a2-53e860662e78"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2348&ga=88"
source_hash: "a5c46a1689ea3f9c50a64cdf9cc6b3850604dec74007e1bf0eb9012aa4f05033"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa SF 2348 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to the restoration of voting rights to certain convicted persons and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2129.) Contingent effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/88/attachments/SF2348.html)
2. **Amendment S-5042** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S5042.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-5043** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S5043.pdf)
4. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/88/attachments/SF2348.html)
5. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/88/attachments/SF2348.html)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF2348.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **37–11** (pass) · upper
- Shall amendment S-5043 be adopted? — **17–31** (fail) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **51–45** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-20** Introduced, placed on calendar, under Rule 28. `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2020-03-03** Amendment S-5042 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Amendment S-5043 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate, yeas 37, nays 11. `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Immediate message.
- **2020-03-03** Message from Senate.
- **2020-03-04** Read first time, referred to Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** Subcommittee: Kaufmann, Holt and Wolfe.
- **2020-03-05** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/09/2020 11:15AM RM 103, Sup. Ct. Chamber.
- **2020-03-09** Subcommittee recommends passage.
- **2020-03-12** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-12** Placed on calendar
- **2020-06-03** Passed House, yeas 51, nays 45. `passage`
- **2020-06-03** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-04** Message from House.
- **2020-06-04** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2020-06-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3424e65e-b60d-4b00-a8a2-53e860662e78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).