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Bill	A bill for an act relating to programs and activities administered by the secretary of state, including the safe at home program, special election dates, candidate and voter registration filing requirements, election audits, voting systems, and civil office vacancies, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 551.) Effective 5-16-18.	A bill for an act relating to programs and activities administered by the secretary of state, including the safe at home program, special election dates, candidate and voter registration filing requirements, election audits, voting systems, and civil office vacancies, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 551.) Effective 5-16-18.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2017-2018	HF 2252	Iowa HF 2252 (2017-2018)	bill	elections and politics secretary of state sex crimes voter registration voting	enacted		11	50	13	2018-02-06	2018-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/a5c108cf-55f9-40c8-b9ae-424a3488067d	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2252&ga=87	01397ffdba640e095cb373de02ffed3c06f3c9e719c80fd49e1ee76607c5792c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 2252 (2017-2018) — A bill for an act relating to programs and activities administered by the secretary of state, including the safe at home program, special election dates, candidate and voter registration filing requirements, election audits, voting systems, and civil office vacancies, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 551.) Effective 5-16-18.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-8036 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-8037 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-8214 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment H-8224 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment H-8227 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment H-8228 (committee substitute) — source
8. Amendment H-8229 (committee substitute) — source
9. Amendment H-8232 (committee substitute) — source
10. Amendment H-8233 (committee substitute) — source
11. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall amendment H-8232 be adopted? — 40–57 (fail) · lower
• Shall amendment H-8037 be adopted? — 39–58 (fail) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 58–40 (pass) · lower
• Shall amendment H-8227 be adopted? — 39–58 (fail) · lower
• Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8231? — 40–56 (fail) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 41–6 (pass) · upper
• Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8225? — 40–58 (fail) · lower
• Shall amendment H-8036 be adopted? — 40–57 (fail) · lower
• Shall amendment H-8233 be adopted? — 41–56 (fail) · lower
• Shall amendment H-8229 be adopted? — 40–56 (fail) · lower
• Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8234? — 39–54 (fail) · lower
• Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8214? — 39–56 (fail) · lower
• Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8226? — 40–58 (fail) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-06 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2018-02-15 Amendments H-8036 and H-8037 filed.
• 2018-03-07 Amendment H-8214 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-07 Amendments H-8224, H-8225, H-8226, H-8227, H-8228, H-8229, H-8231, H-8232, H-8233 and H-8234 filed.
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised on H-8226, ruled not germane.
• 2018-03-08 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of H-8226.
• 2018-03-08 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2018-03-08 Amendment H-8036 lost.
• 2018-03-08 Explanation of vote.
• 2018-03-08 Amendment H-8224 withdrawn.
• 2018-03-08 Amendment H-8229 lost.
• 2018-03-08 Explanation of vote.
• 2018-03-08 Amendment H-8037 lost.
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised on H-8214, ruled not germane.
• 2018-03-08 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of H-8214.
• 2018-03-08 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2018-03-08 Amendment H-8228 withdrawn.
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised on H-8234, ruled out of order.
• 2018-03-08 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of H-8234.
• 2018-03-08 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2018-03-08 Amendment H-8227 lost.
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point well taken.
• 2018-03-08 Amendment H-8232 lost.
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised on H-8231, ruled not germane.
• 2018-03-08 Motion to suspend rules H-8231.
• 2018-03-08 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2018-03-08 Amendment H-8233 lost.
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised, Speaker resolved point of order
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point well taken.
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised on H-8225, ruled not germane.
• 2018-03-08 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of H-8225.
• 2018-03-08 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point well taken.
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point well taken.
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point well taken.
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point well taken.
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point well taken.
• 2018-03-08 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point well taken.
• 2018-03-08 Passed House, ayes 58 nays 40. passage
• 2018-03-08 Immediate message.
• 2018-03-12 Message from House.
• 2018-03-12 Read first time, referred to State Government. reading-1
• 2018-03-13 Subcommittee: Smith, Brown, and Jochum.
• 2018-03-19 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2018-03-22 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2018-05-05 Passed Senate, ayes 41, nays 6. passage
• 2018-05-05 Immediate message.
• 2018-05-05 Message from Senate.
• 2018-05-11 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2018-05-16 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5c108cf-55f9-40c8-b9ae-424a3488067d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).