H.F. 2239 Section 1. Section 43.97, subsection 3, Code 2026, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 3. Elect delegates to the next ensuing regular state 3 convention and to all district conventions of that year upon 4 such ratio of representation as may be determined by the party 5 organization for the state, district or districts of the state, 6 as the case may be. Delegates to district conventions need not 7 be selected in the absence of any apparent reason therefor. 8 Delegates shall be persons who are or will by the date of the 9 next general election become eligible electors and who are 10 residents of the county. 11 Sec. 2. Section 43.102, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2026, 12 is amended to read as follows: 13 Each political party may shall hold a congressional district 14 convention upon the call of the state party chairperson to do 15 all of the following : 16 Sec. 3. Section 43.102, subsection 3, Code 2026, is amended 17 to read as follows: 18 3. Transact such other business as required by law, or as 19 required or permitted by the party’s state constitution or 20 bylaws, or the rules of the convention. 21 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION . 43.105 District platform and bylaws. 22 1. Each congressional district convention held by each 23 political party pursuant to section 43.102 shall adopt a 24 district platform, a copy of which shall be transmitted to the 25 party’s state central committee for consideration during the 26 adoption of the state party’s platform pursuant to section 27 43.111, subsection 1. 28 2. Beginning in the year 2027, there shall be established 29 at or prior to each political party’s district convention a 30 district central committee composed of the chair and co-chair 31 of each county central committee in the district. The district 32 central committee shall elect a chair, co-chair, secretary, 33 and such other officers as the district central committee may 34 determine. The term of office of an officer begins at the 35 -1- LSB 6734HH (2) 91 ss/ns 1/ 3

H.F. 2239 time specified by the state party’s constitution or bylaws 1 and continues for two years and until the officer’s successor 2 is elected and qualified, unless the officer dies, resigns, 3 or is sooner removed by the district central committee for 4 inattention to duty or incompetency. 5 3. Each district central committee shall enact bylaws 6 to govern the committee’s operation. A copy of the bylaws 7 shall be kept on file at the office of the state commissioner. 8 Amendments to a district central committee’s bylaws shall upon 9 adoption be filed in the same manner as the original document. 10 4. Each district central committee may organize at pleasure 11 for political work as is usual and customary with such 12 committees and provide for cooperation with party auxiliary 13 bodies. 14 5. There shall be no proxies at a congressional district 15 convention. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill relates to the organization of congressional 20 district conventions by political parties. The bill requires 21 each political party to hold a congressional district 22 convention to elect or nominate members of the party’s central 23 committee, make nominations to fill vacancies on the general 24 election ballot, and transact other business as required by law 25 or required or permitted by the party’s state constitution, 26 bylaws, or rules of the convention. 27 The bill also requires a congressional district convention 28 to adopt a district platform, which shall be transmitted to the 29 party’s state central committee for consideration during the 30 adoption of the state party’s platform. Beginning in 2027, 31 the bill requires each district convention to establish a 32 district central committee composed of the chair and co-chair 33 of each county central committee in the district, which shall 34 elect officers. The term of a district central committee 35 -2- LSB 6734HH (2) 91 ss/ns 2/ 3

H.F. 2239 officer shall be two years and until the officer’s successor is 1 elected and qualified, unless the officer dies, resigns, or is 2 removed. The bill also requires a district central committee 3 to enact bylaws, a copy of which shall be kept on file at 4 the office of the state commissioner of elections. The bill 5 allows a district central committee to organize at pleasure for 6 political work as is usual and customary with such committees 7 and provide for cooperation with party auxiliary bodies. The 8 bill prohibits the participation of proxies at a congressional 9 district convention. 10 -3- LSB 6734HH (2) 91 ss/ns 3/ 3