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Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
March 5, 2024 IA HF 2610 Amends Voter Laws in Iowa Bill Passed - House (62 - 35)
May 1, 2023 IA HF 716 Requires Iowa Political Parties Meet in Person to Select Their Delegates in a Presidential Election Bill Passed - House (61 - 33)
Feb. 24, 2021 IA SF 413 Amends the State's Voting Laws Bill Passed - House (57 - 37)
Feb. 24, 2021 IA HF 590 Reduces the Number of Mail-In and In-Person Voting Days Amendment Rejected - House (37 - 57)
June 14, 2020 IA HF 2643 Establishes a General Fund Budget and Limits Actions of County Auditors Regarding Absentee Ballot Requests Concurrence Vote Passed - House (51 - 41)
June 11, 2020 IA HF 2486 Requires the Secretary of State to Receive Legislative Consent Prior to Sending Absentee Ballot Requests Concurrence Vote Passed - House (95 - 2)
June 3, 2020 IA SF 2348 Requires Restitution Payment from Felons for Restoration of Voting Rights Bill Passed - House (51 - 45)
March 9, 2017 IA HF 516 Requires Identification to Vote Bill Passed - House (59 - 40)
March 17, 2009 IA HF 670 Early Absentee Vote Counting Bill Passed - House (76 - 22)
March 20, 2007 IA HF 653 Election Day Voter Registration Bill Passed - House (54 - 45)
March 22, 2006 IA HF 2597 Voter Identification Act Bill Passed - House (51 - 48)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/05 HF 2610 Amends Voter Laws in Iowa Bill Passed - House (62 - 35)
5/01 HF 716 Requires Iowa Political Parties Meet in Person to Select Their Delegates in a Presidential Election Bill Passed - House (61 - 33)
2/24 SF 413 Amends the State's Voting Laws Bill Passed - House (57 - 37)
2/24 HF 590 Reduces the Number of Mail-In and In-Person Voting Days Amendment Rejected - House (37 - 57)
6/14 HF 2643 Establishes a General Fund Budget and Limits Actions of County Auditors Regarding Absentee Ballot Requests Concurrence Vote Passed - House (51 - 41)
6/11 HF 2486 Requires the Secretary of State to Receive Legislative Consent Prior to Sending Absentee Ballot Requests Concurrence Vote Passed - House (95 - 2)
6/03 SF 2348 Requires Restitution Payment from Felons for Restoration of Voting Rights Bill Passed - House (51 - 45)
3/09 HF 516 Requires Identification to Vote Bill Passed - House (59 - 40)
3/17 HF 670 Early Absentee Vote Counting Bill Passed - House (76 - 22)
3/20 HF 653 Election Day Voter Registration Bill Passed - House (54 - 45)
3/22 HF 2597 Voter Identification Act Bill Passed - House (51 - 48)

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