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IA SF 459

died on adjournment

A bill for an act prohibiting the use of ranked choice and instant runoff voting in elections in this state.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did IA SF 459 pass?

No. IA SF 459 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-03-19): Read first time, referred to State Government.

What is IA SF 459 about?

IA SF 459 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act prohibiting the use of ranked choice and instant runoff voting in elections in this state.”.

Who sponsors IA SF 459?

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT is the primary sponsor of IA SF 459.

Introduced
2025-02-27
Latest action
2025-03-19 — Read first time, referred to State Government.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENTprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-03-19

    Read first time, referred to State Government.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-03-19

    Message from Senate.

  3. 2025-03-19

    Immediate message.

  4. 2025-03-19

    Passed Senate, yeas 34, nays 13.

    passage

  5. 2025-03-19

    Amendment S-3032 filed, lost.

    amendment-introduction

  6. 2025-02-27

    Committee report, approving bill.

    committee-passage

  7. 2025-02-27

    Introduced, placed on calendar.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Shall amendment S-3032 be adopted?

    2025-03-19 · fail · 13-34

    Member-level votes (50)
    • Bennett: yes
    • Bisignano: yes
    • Blake: yes
    • Donahue: yes
    • Dotzler: yes
    • Knox: yes
    • Quirmbach: yes
    • Staed: yes
    • Townsend: yes
    • Trone: yes
    • Garriott: yes
    • Weiner: yes
    • Winckler: yes
    • Zimmer: yes
    • Alons: no
    • Bousselot: no
    • Campbell: no
    • Costello: no
    • Dawson De Witt: no
    • Dickey: no
    • Driscoll: no
    • Evans: no
    • Garrett: no
    • Green: no
    • Gruenhagen: no
    • Guth: no
    • Klimesh: no
    • Koelker: no
    • Kraayenbrink: no
    • Lofgren: no
    • McClintock: no
    • Pike: no
    • Reichman: no
    • Rowley: no
    • Rozenboom: no
    • Salmon: no
    • Schultz: no
    • Shipley: no
    • Sinclair: no
    • Sires: no
    • Sweeney: no
    • Taylor: no
    • Warme: no
    • Webster: no
    • Westrich: no
    • Whitver: no
    • Zumbach: no
    • Celsi: absent
    • Petersen: absent
    • Wahls: absent

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2025-03-19 · pass · 34-13

    Member-level votes (50)
    • Alons: yes
    • Bousselot: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Costello: yes
    • Dawson De Witt: yes
    • Dickey: yes
    • Driscoll: yes
    • Evans: yes
    • Garrett: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Gruenhagen: yes
    • Guth: yes
    • Klimesh: yes
    • Koelker: yes
    • Kraayenbrink: yes
    • Lofgren: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • Pike: yes
    • Reichman: yes
    • Rowley: yes
    • Rozenboom: yes
    • Salmon: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Shipley: yes
    • Sinclair: yes
    • Sires: yes
    • Sweeney: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Warme: yes
    • Webster: yes
    • Westrich: yes
    • Whitver: yes
    • Zumbach: yes
    • Bennett: no
    • Bisignano: no
    • Blake: no
    • Donahue: no
    • Dotzler: no
    • Knox: no
    • Quirmbach: no
    • Staed: no
    • Townsend: no
    • Trone: no
    • Garriott: no
    • Weiner: no
    • Winckler: no
    • Zimmer: no
    • Celsi: absent
    • Petersen: absent
    • Wahls: absent

Related bills

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Official source

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 459&ga=91

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