---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to elections, including primary elections, political party caucuses, updates to the statewide voter registration system, and costs of preparing lists of voters."
description: "A bill for an act relating to elections, including primary elections, political party caucuses, updates to the statewide voter registration system, and costs of preparing lists of voters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 716"
citation: "Iowa HF 716 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["elections and politics", "political parties", "voter registration", "voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-13"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b887bddf-cfec-434a-be42-83653dd515d0"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 716&ga=90"
source_hash: "2ff5730657158920648aa54316ba9b303558ccce7a97a907b0cdd525ccb72cab"
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 HF 716 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to elections, including primary elections, political party caucuses, updates to the statewide voter registration system, and costs of preparing lists of voters.

## 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/90/attachments/HF716.html)
2. **Amendment H-1260** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1260.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-1325** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1325.pdf)
4. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/90/attachments/HF716.html)
5. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF716_GovLetter.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF716.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **61–33** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **33–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-13** Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. `introduction`
- **2023-04-19** Amendment H-1260 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-01** Amendment H-1260 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-01** Amendment H-1325 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-01** Passed House, yeas 61, nays 33. `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Explanations of votes.
- **2023-05-01** Immediate message.
- **2023-05-02** Message from House.
- **2023-05-02** Read first time, referred to Ways and Means. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Subcommittee: Schultz, Cournoyer, and Quirmbach.
- **2023-05-02** Subcommittee Meeting: 05/03/2023 8:30AM Senate Lounge.
- **2023-05-03** Subcommittee recommends passage. []. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Senate, yeas 33, nays 16. `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Immediate message.
- **2023-05-04** Message from Senate.
- **2023-05-11** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2023-06-01** 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/b887bddf-cfec-434a-be42-83653dd515d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).