House Study Bill 119 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON COWNIE) A BILL FOR An Act relating to voter registration. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 2238YC (2) 84 aw/nh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 48A.9, subsection 1, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. Registration closes at five 5:00 p.m. eleven days 3 before each election except primary and the general elections 4 election . For primary and the general elections election , 5 registration closes at five 5:00 p.m. ten days before the 6 election. An eligible elector may register during the time 7 registration is closed in the elector’s precinct but the 8 registration shall not become effective until registration 9 opens again in the elector’s precinct, except as otherwise 10 provided in section 48A.7A . 11 EXPLANATION 12 This bill relates to voter registration. 13 The bill provides that voter registration for primary 14 elections shall close at 5:00 p.m. 11 days before the primary. 15 Current law provides that voter registration for both general 16 and primary elections close 10 days before the primary. Voter 17 registration for the general election will remain unchanged by 18 the bill. 19 -1- LSB 2238YC (2) 84 aw/nh 1/ 1