republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2019-2020/hf-2486.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including emergency powers, procedures relating to electors, and the use of a county seal on materials related to elections. (Formerly HF 2013.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.	A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including emergency powers, procedures relating to electors, and the use of a county seal on materials related to elections. (Formerly HF 2013.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2019-2020	HF 2486	Iowa HF 2486 (2019-2020)	bill	county government seals (emblems)	enacted		8	31	5	2020-02-20	2020-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/f6ba7a70-c97e-40f0-9cbd-20536a5e4f26	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2486&ga=88	40b3a90152bc112479acb935e51e766033b17aaddb8f0dca51283da64a2fd5b3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 2486 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including emergency powers, procedures relating to electors, and the use of a county seal on materials related to elections. (Formerly HF 2013.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-8256 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-8260 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S-5117 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment S-5123 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment S-5124 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment S-5146 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 31–16 (pass) · upper
• Shall amendment S-5124 to amendment S-5117 be adopted? — 17–32 (fail) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 30–19 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 95–2 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-20 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2020-03-04 Passed House, yeas 97, nays none. passage
• 2020-03-09 Explanation of vote.
• 2020-03-10 Explanation of vote.
• 2020-03-04 Immediate message.
• 2020-03-04 Message from House.
• 2020-03-04 Read first time, referred to State Government. reading-1
• 2020-03-10 Subcommittee: R. Smith, Chapman, and Giddens.
• 2020-06-09 Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. committee-passage
• 2020-06-09 Amendment S-5117 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2020-06-10 Amendment S-5124 to S-5117 filed, lost.
• 2020-06-10 Amendment S-5123 to S-5117 filed, adopted.
• 2020-06-10 Amendment S-5117 adopted, as amended. amendment-passage
• 2020-06-10 Passed Senate, yeas 30, nays 19. passage
• 2020-06-10 Immediate message.
• 2020-06-10 Message from Senate.
• 2020-06-10 Senate amendment H-8256 filed.
• 2020-06-10 Amendment H-8260 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2020-06-11 Amendment H-8260 to Senate amendment H-8256 adopted.
• 2020-06-11 House concurred in Senate amendment H-8256, as amended.
• 2020-06-11 Passed House, yeas 95, nays 2. passage
• 2020-06-11 Immediate message.
• 2020-06-12 Message from House, with amendment S-5146.
• 2020-06-13 Senate concurred with S-5146.
• 2020-06-13 Passed Senate, yeas 31, nays 16. passage
• 2020-06-13 Explanation of vote.
• 2020-06-22 Explanation of vote.
• 2020-06-13 Immediate message.
• 2020-06-14 Message from Senate.
• 2020-06-24 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2020-06-25 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6ba7a70-c97e-40f0-9cbd-20536a5e4f26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).