Bills / 2025–2026 session / HF 2623Funding HF 2623
Moves school and city elections to even-numbered years The bill moves regular school district and city elections from odd-numbered years to November of even-numbered years, the same day as the general election. Officers whose terms would end in those years serve until the following January and may run again in the earlier November.
Official title A bill for an act relating to elections for school district and city officers, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 2191.)
3 of 5 Where it stands Introduced Committee House Senate Governor Last action, Mar 12: Subcommittee: Koelker, Webster, and Winckler. S.J. 560.
Votes House: Shall the bill pass? Mar 10 · 54–38, 8 not voting · Passed › Rep. Adam Zabner (D, District 90): Yes Rep. Elizabeth Wilson (D, District 73): Yes Rep. Kenan Judge (D, District 27): Yes Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D, District 80): No Rep. Amy Nielsen (D, District 85): No Rep. Angel Ramirez (D, District 78): No Rep. Austin Baeth (D, District 36): No Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D, District 49): No Rep. Bob Kressig (D, District 75): No Rep. Dan Gosa (D, District 81): No Rep. Dave Jacoby (D, District 86): No Rep. Elinor Levin (D, District 89): No Rep. Eric Gjerde (D, District 74): No Rep. Heather Matson (D, District 42): No Rep. J.D. Scholten (D, District 1): No Rep. Jeff Cooling (D, District 77): No Rep. Jennifer Konfrst (D, District 32): No Rep. Ken Croken (D, District 97): No Rep. Larry McBurney (D, District 44): No Rep. Lindsay James (D, District 71): No Rep. Mary Madison (D, District 31): No Rep. Megan Srinivas (D, District 30): No Rep. Monica Kurth (D, District 98): No Rep. Rick Olson (D, District 39): No Rep. Rob Johnson (D, District 34): No Rep. Ross Wilburn (D, District 50): No Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D, District 35): No Rep. Timi Brown-Powers (D, District 61): No Rep. Tracy Ehlert (D, District 79): No Rep. Brian Meyer (D, District 29): Absent Rep. Jerome Amos (D, District 62): Absent Rep. Josh Turek (D, District 20): Absent Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines (D, District 33): Absent Rep. Ann Meyer (R, District 8): Yes Rep. Barb Kniff McCulla (R, District 37): Yes Rep. Bill Gustoff (R, District 40): Yes Rep. Blaine Watkins (R, District 100): Yes Rep. Bob Henderson (R, District 2): Yes Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R, District 82): Yes Rep. Brooke Boden (R, District 21): Yes Rep. Carter Nordman (R, District 47): Yes Rep. Chad Behn (R, District 48): Yes Rep. Charley Thomson (R, District 58): Yes Rep. Christian Hermanson (R, District 59): Yes Rep. Cindy Golding (R, District 83): Yes Rep. Craig Johnson (R, District 67): Yes Rep. Craig Williams (R, District 11): Yes Rep. Dan Gehlbach (R, District 46): Yes Rep. David Blom (R, District 52): Yes Rep. Dean Fisher (R, District 53): Yes Rep. Derek Wulf (R, District 76): Yes Rep. Gary Mohr (R, District 93): Yes Rep. Hans Wilz (R, District 25): Yes Rep. Heather Hora (R, District 92): Yes Rep. Helena Hayes (R, District 88): Yes Rep. Henry Stone (R, District 9): Yes Rep. Jacob Bossman (R, District 14): Yes Rep. Jason Gearhart (R, District 64): Yes Rep. Jeff Shipley (R, District 87): Yes Rep. Jennifer Smith (R, District 72): Yes Rep. John Wills (R, District 10): Yes Rep. Jon Dunwell (R, District 38): Yes Rep. Josh Meggers (R, District 54): Yes Rep. Judd Lawler (R, District 91): Yes Rep. Mark Cisneros (R, District 96): Yes Rep. Mark Thompson (R, District 56): Yes Rep. Matt Windschitl (R, District 15): Yes Rep. Megan Jones (R, District 6): Yes Rep. Mike Vondran (R, District 94): Yes Rep. Norlin Mommsen (R, District 70): Yes Rep. Pat Grassley (R, District 57): Yes Rep. Ryan Weldon (R, District 41): Yes Rep. Sam Wengryn (R, District 24): Yes Rep. Samantha Fett (R, District 22): Yes Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R, District 4): Yes Rep. Steve Bradley (R, District 66): Yes Rep. Steven Holt (R, District 12): Yes Rep. Taylor Collins (R, District 95): Yes Rep. Tom Determann (R, District 69): Yes Rep. Tom Gerhold (R, District 84): Yes Rep. Tom Jeneary (R, District 3): Yes Rep. Tom Moore (R, District 18): Yes Rep. Travis Sitzmann (R, District 13): Yes Rep. Zach Dieken (R, District 5): Yes Rep. Austin Harris (R, District 26): No Rep. Brent Siegrist (R, District 19): No Rep. Brett Barker (R, District 51): No Rep. Brian Lohse (R, District 45): No Rep. Chad Ingels (R, District 68): No Rep. David Sieck (R, District 16): No Rep. David Young (R, District 28): No Rep. Devon Wood (R, District 17): No Rep. Jane Bloomingdale (R, District 60): No Rep. Matt Rinker (R, District 99): No Rep. Michael Bergan (R, District 63): No Rep. Shannon Lundgren (R, District 65): No Rep. Bubba Sorensen (R, District 23): Absent Rep. Eddie Andrews (R, District 43): Absent Rep. Shannon Latham (R, District 55): Absent Rep. Wendy Larson (R, District 7): Absent ← Democrats3 yes, 26 no, 4 not voting Republicans → 51 yes, 12 no, 4 not voting History Subcommittee: Koelker, Webster, and Winckler. S.J. 560. Senate · Mar 12 Read first time, referred to State Government. S.J. 546. Senate · Mar 10 Message from House. S.J. 546. Senate · Mar 10 Immediate message. H.J. 630. House · Mar 10 Passed House, yeas 54, nays 38. H.J. 621. House · Mar 10 Fiscal note. House · Mar 9 Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 347. House · Feb 19