republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2017-2018/hf-566.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to political subdivision elections by changing the date of the election of directors of local school districts, merged areas, and area education agency boards, by providing for the combined administration of regular and special school and city elections, making changes to the administration of elections for political subdivisions located in more than one county, establishing requirements for ballot arrangement and placement for political subdivision offices, and including effective date and applicability and transition provisions. (Formerly HF 166.) Effective 7-1-17, with exception of Divisions I and II effective 7-1-19.	A bill for an act relating to political subdivision elections by changing the date of the election of directors of local school districts, merged areas, and area education agency boards, by providing for the combined administration of regular and special school and city elections, making changes to the administration of elections for political subdivisions located in more than one county, establishing requirements for ballot arrangement and placement for political subdivision offices, and including effective date and applicability and transition provisions. (Formerly HF 166.) Effective 7-1-17, with exception of Divisions I and II effective 7-1-19.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2017-2018	HF 566	Iowa HF 566 (2017-2018)	bill	area education agencies canvasses of votes city government community colleges county auditors county government elections and politics nominations polling places runoff elections school boards school districts schools voting	enacted		5	18	2	2017-03-08	2017-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/9e52debe-8816-4220-9453-8c3ac5674d3b	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 566&ga=87	1768aae1ab88515283e3d8b9d3c8795706aa9f6ac0c88d2013c33842b86e0742	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 566 (2017-2018) — A bill for an act relating to political subdivision elections by changing the date of the election of directors of local school districts, merged areas, and area education agency boards, by providing for the combined administration of regular and special school and city elections, making changes to the administration of elections for political subdivisions located in more than one county, establishing requirements for ballot arrangement and placement for political subdivision offices, and including effective date and applicability and transition provisions. (Formerly HF 166.) Effective 7-1-17, with exception of Divisions I and II effective 7-1-19.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1183 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S-3292 (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 68–31 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 36–13 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-08 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2017-03-13 Amendment H-1183 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-15 Fiscal note.
• 2017-03-22 Amendment H-1183 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2017-03-22 Passed House, ayes 68 nays 31. passage
• 2017-03-22 Immediate message.
• 2017-03-23 Message from House.
• 2017-03-23 Read first time, referred to State Government. reading-1
• 2017-03-27 Fiscal note.
• 2017-03-28 Subcommittee: Brown, Chapman, and Danielson.
• 2017-03-30 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2017-04-06 Amendment S-3292 filed, lost. amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-06 Passed Senate, ayes 36, nays 13. passage
• 2017-04-06 Immediate message.
• 2017-04-06 Message from Senate.
• 2017-04-25 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President.
• 2017-04-25 Sent to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2017-05-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e52debe-8816-4220-9453-8c3ac5674d3b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).