Bill Text: IA HF2158 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to voter registration activities at schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-25 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 140. [HF2158 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2158-Introduced.html
House
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Introduced
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2158
BY
STAED
,
WILBURN
,
AMOS
JR.
,
KURTH
,
CAHILL
,
STECKMAN
,
LEVIN
,
JAMES
,
ZABNER
,
MADISON
,
CROKEN
,
NIELSEN
,
BAETH
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
JACOBY
,
KRESSIG
,
and
WILSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
voter
registration
activities
at
schools.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
48A.23,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
At
least
twice
during
each
school
year,
the
board
of
3
directors
of
each
school
district
operating
a
high
school
and
4
the
authorities
in
charge
of
each
accredited
nonpublic
school
5
shall
offer
the
opportunity
to
register
to
vote
to
each
student
6
who
is
at
least
seventeen
years
of
age
as
provided
in
this
7
subsection
.
8
a.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
school
district
operating
9
a
high
school
and
the
authorities
in
charge
of
each
accredited
10
nonpublic
school
shall
allow
each
student
who
is
at
least
11
seventeen
years
of
age
to
register
to
vote
during
school
hours
12
on
the
fourth
Tuesday
in
September
of
each
year
and
on
March
22
13
of
each
year,
or
on
the
next
available
school
day
if
school
is
14
not
in
session
on
those
days.
15
b.
The
state
registrar
of
voters
shall
prepare
materials
16
regarding
voter
registration
to
be
distributed
at
each
voter
17
registration
activity
conducted
pursuant
to
this
subsection.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
relates
to
voter
registration
activities
conducted
22
at
schools.
The
bill
requires
the
board
of
directors
of
each
23
school
district
operating
a
high
school
and
the
authorities
in
24
charge
of
each
accredited
nonpublic
school
to
allow
students
25
who
are
at
least
17
years
of
age
to
register
to
vote
during
26
school
hours
on
the
fourth
Tuesday
in
September
of
each
year
27
and
on
March
22
of
each
year,
or
on
the
next
available
school
28
day
if
school
is
not
in
session
on
those
days.
The
bill
29
requires
the
state
registrar
of
voters
to
prepare
materials
to
30
be
distributed
at
each
such
voter
registration
opportunity.
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