---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the recounting and contesting of elections, and providing penalties."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the recounting and contesting of elections, and providing penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 928"
citation: "Iowa HF 928 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["contesting of elections", "elections and politics"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-12"
last_action: "2025-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66fd7937-fd93-45ae-98d5-9b84c8a8387d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 928&ga=91"
source_hash: "88fb95707a4379eef482dca18957ee872668f908c49173924f8a3b6dfc529c9d"
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 928 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to the recounting and contesting of elections, and providing penalties.

## 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/91/attachments/HF928.html)
2. **Amendment H-1155** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1155.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-1172** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1172.pdf)
4. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF928.html)
5. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/91/attachments/HF928.html)
6. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF928_GovLetter.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF928.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **31–14** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **66–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-03-24** Amendment H-1155 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-25** Amendment H-1172 to amendment H-1155 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-25** Amendment H-1155 adopted, as amended. `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-25** Passed House, yeas 66, nays 31. `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Explanation of vote.
- **2025-04-22** Explanation of vote.
- **2025-03-25** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-26** Message from House.
- **2025-03-26** Read first time, attached to SF 543. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-04-14** Substituted for SF 543.
- **2025-04-14** Passed Senate, yeas 31, nays 14. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-15** Message from Senate.
- **2025-05-19** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-06-02** 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/66fd7937-fd93-45ae-98d5-9b84c8a8387d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).