Iowa · 2025-2026
SF 459
A bill for an act prohibiting the use of ranked choice and instant runoff voting in elections in this state.
Bill record: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-bill/c1919992-963d-4f9f-99de-b02a29eabd6a CC0-1.0
Summary AI-generated
Iowa Senate File 459 proposes an act to prohibit the use of ranked choice and instant runoff voting in elections within the state. The bill's title explicitly states its purpose is to ban these specific voting methods for state elections.
Software-generated, grounded only in the bill's own fields (it does not invent outcomes, amounts, or dates). Provenance: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
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Roll-call votes on this bill
| Motion / question | Chamber | Stage | Roll | Outcome | Yea | Nay | Other | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shall the bill pass? | upper | — | 462a2f6d-ff7d-49e0-ba0a-186d6e1f1c01 | pass | 32 | 13 | 2 | Mar 19, 2025 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/462a2f6d-ff7d-49e0-ba0a-186d6e1f1c01 CC0-1.0 |
| Shall amendment S-3032 be adopted? | upper | — | 8333cbf1-3d79-4bb8-97df-7ee1a207a536 | fail | 13 | 32 | 2 | Mar 19, 2025 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/8333cbf1-3d79-4bb8-97df-7ee1a207a536 CC0-1.0 |