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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
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legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "HF 566"
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citation: "Iowa HF 566 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-08"
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last_action: "2017-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e52debe-8816-4220-9453-8c3ac5674d3b"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 566&ga=87"
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source_hash: "1768aae1ab88515283e3d8b9d3c8795706aa9f6ac0c88d2013c33842b86e0742"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
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---
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# 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/87/attachments/HF566.html)
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2. **Amendment H-1183** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/87/H1183.pdf)
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3. **Amendment S-3292** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/87/S3292.pdf)
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4. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/87/attachments/HF566.html)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/87/attachments/HF566.html)
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## Votes
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- Shall the bill pass? — **68–31** (pass) · lower
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- Shall the bill pass? — **36–13** (pass) · upper
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-08** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
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- **2017-03-13** Amendment H-1183 filed. `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-03-15** Fiscal note.
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- **2017-03-22** Amendment H-1183 adopted. `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-03-22** Passed House, ayes 68 nays 31. `passage`
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- **2017-03-22** Immediate message.
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- **2017-03-23** Message from House.
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- **2017-03-23** Read first time, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-27** Fiscal note.
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- **2017-03-28** Subcommittee: Brown, Chapman, and Danielson.
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- **2017-03-30** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-06** Amendment S-3292 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-04-06** Passed Senate, ayes 36, nays 13. `passage`
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- **2017-04-06** Immediate message.
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- **2017-04-06** Message from Senate.
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- **2017-04-25** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President.
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- **2017-04-25** Sent to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e52debe-8816-4220-9453-8c3ac5674d3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
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