HF 2166 (LSB 5301YH (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2166

BY  GOLDING, LARSON, HAYES, THOMSON, DIEKEN, FETT, WILLIAMS, GERHOLD, SMITH, GEARHART, THOMPSON, BRADLEY, and ANDREWS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to voter records created and retained by the state commissioner of elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  49.106  Records preserved.
   1.  Within sixty days of the conclusion of each election, the state commissioner of elections shall create a record containing all information in the statewide voter registration database at the time of the election for each voter who voted in the election, organized by county. The state commissioner of elections shall maintain this record for eight years.
   2.  A record created pursuant to this section shall be made available in an electronic format at no cost upon request, except that if the record is too large to be transmitted electronically, the requester shall provide a device to store the record.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the state commissioner of elections to create a record containing all information in the statewide voter registration database at the time of an election for each voter who voted in that election, organized by county, within 60 days after each election. The state commissioner of elections shall maintain the record for eight years. A person may request an electronic copy of the record at no cost.