HF 2165 — A bill for an act relating to the casting of ballots by absent voters.
Last action — Introduced, referred to State Government.
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 26, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
Advancing
46% · moderate confidence
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In Committee
Current position in the legislative process.
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12 sponsors
12 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (12 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 4 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Bill Text
- Introduced View text Current pdf
Action History
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Introduced, referred to State Government.
Sponsors
- Eddie Andrews · Primary
- Dr. Steven P. Bradley · Primary
- Mark I. Thompson · Primary
- Jason Gearhart · Primary
- Craig Steven Williams · Primary
- Thomas Gerhold · Primary
- Samantha Fett · Primary
- Zach Dieken · Primary
- Charley Thomson · Primary
- Helena Hayes · Primary
- Cindy Golding · Primary
- Wendy Larson · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →12 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on · 17 voted No
Sponsors (12)
- Eddie Andrews Republican
- Dr. Steven P. Bradley Republican
- Mark I. Thompson Republican
- Jason Gearhart Republican
- Craig Steven Williams Republican Voted No
- Thomas Gerhold Republican
- Samantha Fett Republican
- Zach Dieken Republican
- Charley Thomson Republican
- Helena Hayes Republican
- Cindy Golding Republican
- Wendy Larson Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (138)
138 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Votes
Passed
52 Yea
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36 Nay
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12 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 20 | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| Democrat | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 52 | 36 | 0 | 12 |
| % of votes cast | 52% | 36% | 0% | 12% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bacon | — | Yea |
| Best | — | Yea |
| Brink | — | Yea |
| Bush | — | Yea |
| Deyoe | — | Yea |
| Dolecheck | — | Yea |
| Gobble | — | Yea |
| Graber | — | Yea |
| Gustafson | — | Yea |
| Hein | — | Yea |
| Hite | — | Yea |
| Jacobsen | — | Yea |
| Kerr | — | Yea |
| Maxwell | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Osmundson | — | Yea |
| Paustian | — | Yea |
| Sexton | — | Yea |
| Thorup | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Nay |
| Bohannan | — | Nay |
| Cahill | — | Nay |
| Cohoon | — | Nay |
| Forbes | — | Nay |
| Hall | — | Nay |
| Hansen | — | Nay |
| Hunter | — | Nay |
| Isenhart | — | Nay |
| Mascher | — | Nay |
| McConkey | — | Nay |
| Oldson | — | Nay |
| Prichard | — | Nay |
| Running-Marquardt | — | Nay |
| Steckman | — | Nay |
| Sunde | — | Nay |
| Thede | — | Nay |
| Wolfe | — | Nay |
| Abdul-Samad | — | Not Voting |
| Baxter | — | Not Voting |
| Fry | — | Not Voting |
| Klein | — | Not Voting |
| Shipley | — | Not Voting |
| Worthan | — | Not Voting |
| Thompson, P. | — | Yea |
| Amy Nielsen | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Art Staed | Democrat | Nay |
| Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democrat | Nay |
| Bob Kressig | Democrat | Nay |
| Brian Meyer | Democrat | Nay |
| Cindy Winckler | Democrat | Nay |
| David Jacoby | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric J. Gjerde | Democrat | Nay |
| Jennifer Konfrst | Democrat | Nay |
| Kenan Judge | Democrat | Nay |
| Lindsay James | Democrat | Nay |
| Liz Bennett | Democrat | Nay |
| Molly Donahue | Democrat | Nay |
| Monica Kurth | Democrat | Nay |
| Rick L. Olson | Democrat | Nay |
| Ross Wilburn | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Ruth Ann Gaines | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Timi M. Brown-Powers | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Tracy A. Ehlert | Democrat | Nay |
| Ann Meyer | Republican | Yea |
| Bobby Kaufmann | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Siegrist | Republican | Nay |
| Brian K. Lohse | Republican | Not Voting |
| Brooke Boden | Republican | Not Voting |
| Carter F. Nordman | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Ingels | Republican | Yea |
| Charlie McClintock | Republican | Yea |
| Cherielynn Westrich | Republican | Yea |
| Craig Steven Williams | Republican | Nay |
| David Sieck | Republican | Yea |
| Dean Fisher | Republican | Yea |
| Dr. Steven P. Bradley | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie Andrews | Republican | Yea |
| Gary M. Mohr | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Stone | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Bossman | Republican | Yea |
| Jane Bloomingdale | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Nay |
| John H. Wills | Republican | Yea |
| Jon Dunwell | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Cisneros | Republican | Yea |
| Matt W. Windschitl | Republican | Yea |
| Megan Jones | Republican | Yea |
| Michael R. Bergan | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Bousselot | Republican | Yea |
| Norlin G. Mommsen | Republican | Yea |
| Pat Grassley | Republican | Yea |
| Ray Sorensen | Republican | Yea |
| Sandy Salmon | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Latham | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| Skyler Wheeler | Republican | Yea |
| Steven C. Holt | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Gerhold | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Jay Moore | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas M. Jeneary | Republican | Yea |
Passed
77 Yea
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12 Nay
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11 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 36 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Democrat | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 77 | 12 | 0 | 11 |
| % of votes cast | 77% | 12% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bacon | — | Yea |
| Best | — | Yea |
| Bohannan | — | Yea |
| Brink | — | Yea |
| Bush | — | Yea |
| Cahill | — | Yea |
| Cohoon | — | Yea |
| Deyoe | — | Yea |
| Dolecheck | — | Yea |
| Forbes | — | Yea |
| Gobble | — | Yea |
| Graber | — | Yea |
| Gustafson | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Hansen | — | Yea |
| Hein | — | Yea |
| Hite | — | Yea |
| Hunter | — | Yea |
| Jacobsen | — | Yea |
| Kerr | — | Yea |
| Mascher | — | Yea |
| Maxwell | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Oldson | — | Yea |
| Osmundson | — | Yea |
| Paustian | — | Yea |
| Prichard | — | Yea |
| Running-Marquardt | — | Yea |
| Sexton | — | Yea |
| Steckman | — | Yea |
| Sunde | — | Yea |
| Thede | — | Yea |
| Thorup | — | Yea |
| Wolfe | — | Yea |
| Worthan | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Nay |
| Isenhart | — | Nay |
| McConkey | — | Nay |
| Abdul-Samad | — | Not Voting |
| Baxter | — | Not Voting |
| Fry | — | Not Voting |
| Klein | — | Not Voting |
| Shipley | — | Not Voting |
| Thompson, P. | — | Yea |
| Amy Nielsen | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Art Staed | Democrat | Yea |
| Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democrat | Nay |
| Bob Kressig | Democrat | Nay |
| Brian Meyer | Democrat | Nay |
| Cindy Winckler | Democrat | Yea |
| David Jacoby | Democrat | Yea |
| Eric J. Gjerde | Democrat | Nay |
| Jennifer Konfrst | Democrat | Nay |
| Kenan Judge | Democrat | Yea |
| Lindsay James | Democrat | Yea |
| Liz Bennett | Democrat | Nay |
| Molly Donahue | Democrat | Nay |
| Monica Kurth | Democrat | Yea |
| Rick L. Olson | Democrat | Nay |
| Ross Wilburn | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Ruth Ann Gaines | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Timi M. Brown-Powers | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Tracy A. Ehlert | Democrat | Yea |
| Ann Meyer | Republican | Yea |
| Bobby Kaufmann | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Siegrist | Republican | Yea |
| Brian K. Lohse | Republican | Not Voting |
| Brooke Boden | Republican | Not Voting |
| Carter F. Nordman | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Ingels | Republican | Yea |
| Charlie McClintock | Republican | Yea |
| Cherielynn Westrich | Republican | Yea |
| Craig Steven Williams | Republican | Yea |
| David Sieck | Republican | Yea |
| Dean Fisher | Republican | Yea |
| Dr. Steven P. Bradley | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie Andrews | Republican | Yea |
| Gary M. Mohr | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Stone | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Bossman | Republican | Yea |
| Jane Bloomingdale | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Nay |
| John H. Wills | Republican | Yea |
| Jon Dunwell | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Cisneros | Republican | Yea |
| Matt W. Windschitl | Republican | Yea |
| Megan Jones | Republican | Yea |
| Michael R. Bergan | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Bousselot | Republican | Yea |
| Norlin G. Mommsen | Republican | Yea |
| Pat Grassley | Republican | Yea |
| Ray Sorensen | Republican | Yea |
| Sandy Salmon | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Latham | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| Skyler Wheeler | Republican | Yea |
| Steven C. Holt | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Gerhold | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Jay Moore | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas M. Jeneary | Republican | Yea |
Passed
44 Yea
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0 Nay
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6 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 88% | 0% | 0% | 12% |
How each member voted (51)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bolkcom | — | Yea |
| Boulton | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Celsi | — | Yea |
| Chapman | — | Yea |
| Cournoyer | — | Yea |
| Edler | — | Yea |
| Giddens | — | Yea |
| Jochum | — | Yea |
| Kinney | — | Yea |
| Lykam | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Nunn | — | Yea |
| Ragan | — | Yea |
| Shipley | — | Yea |
| Trone | — | Yea |
| Zaun | — | Yea |
| Carlin | — | Not Voting |
| Goodwin | — | Not Voting |
| Hogg | — | Not Voting |
| Taylor, T. | — | Yea |
| Herman C. Quirmbach | Democrat | Yea |
| Janet Petersen | Democrat | Yea |
| Sarah Trone Garriott | Democrat | Yea |
| Tony Bisignano | Democrat | Yea |
| William A. Dotzler Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Zach Wahls | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Adrian Dickey | Republican | Yea |
| Amy Sinclair | Republican | Yea |
| Annette Sweeney | Republican | Yea |
| Carrie Koelker | Republican | Yea |
| Craig P. Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Craig Steven Williams | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Dawson | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Zumbach | Republican | Not Voting |
| David D. Rowley | Republican | Yea |
| Dawn Driscoll | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis Guth | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Whitver | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Schultz | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Reichman | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jesse Green | Republican | Yea |
| Julian B. Garrett | Republican | Yea |
| Ken Rozenboom | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Costello | Republican | Yea |
| Mark S. Lofgren | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Klimesh | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Kraayenbrink | Republican | Not Voting |
Passed
99 Yea
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0 Nay
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1 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 99 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Abdul-Samad | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Bacon | — | Yea |
| Baxter | — | Yea |
| Best | — | Yea |
| Bohannan | — | Yea |
| Brink | — | Yea |
| Bush | — | Yea |
| Cahill | — | Yea |
| Cohoon | — | Yea |
| Deyoe | — | Yea |
| Dolecheck | — | Yea |
| Forbes | — | Yea |
| Fry | — | Yea |
| Gobble | — | Yea |
| Graber | — | Yea |
| Gustafson | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Hansen | — | Yea |
| Hein | — | Yea |
| Hite | — | Yea |
| Hunter | — | Yea |
| Isenhart | — | Yea |
| Jacobsen | — | Yea |
| Kerr | — | Yea |
| Mascher | — | Yea |
| Maxwell | — | Yea |
| McConkey | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Oldson | — | Yea |
| Osmundson | — | Yea |
| Paustian | — | Yea |
| Prichard | — | Yea |
| Running-Marquardt | — | Yea |
| Sexton | — | Yea |
| Shipley | — | Yea |
| Steckman | — | Yea |
| Sunde | — | Yea |
| Thede | — | Yea |
| Thorup | — | Yea |
| Wolfe | — | Yea |
| Worthan | — | Yea |
| Klein | — | Not Voting |
| Thompson, P. | — | Yea |
| Amy Nielsen | Democrat | Yea |
| Art Staed | Democrat | Yea |
| Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Kressig | Democrat | Yea |
| Brian Meyer | Democrat | Yea |
| Cindy Winckler | Democrat | Yea |
| David Jacoby | Democrat | Yea |
| Eric J. Gjerde | Democrat | Yea |
| Jennifer Konfrst | Democrat | Yea |
| Kenan Judge | Democrat | Yea |
| Lindsay James | Democrat | Yea |
| Liz Bennett | Democrat | Yea |
| Molly Donahue | Democrat | Yea |
| Monica Kurth | Democrat | Yea |
| Rick L. Olson | Democrat | Yea |
| Ross Wilburn | Democrat | Yea |
| Ruth Ann Gaines | Democrat | Yea |
| Timi M. Brown-Powers | Democrat | Yea |
| Tracy A. Ehlert | Democrat | Yea |
| Ann Meyer | Republican | Yea |
| Bobby Kaufmann | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Siegrist | Republican | Yea |
| Brian K. Lohse | Republican | Yea |
| Brooke Boden | Republican | Yea |
| Carter F. Nordman | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Ingels | Republican | Yea |
| Charlie McClintock | Republican | Yea |
| Cherielynn Westrich | Republican | Yea |
| Craig Steven Williams | Republican | Yea |
| David Sieck | Republican | Yea |
| Dean Fisher | Republican | Yea |
| Dr. Steven P. Bradley | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie Andrews | Republican | Yea |
| Gary M. Mohr | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Stone | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Bossman | Republican | Yea |
| Jane Bloomingdale | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| John H. Wills | Republican | Yea |
| Jon Dunwell | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Cisneros | Republican | Yea |
| Matt W. Windschitl | Republican | Yea |
| Megan Jones | Republican | Yea |
| Michael R. Bergan | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Bousselot | Republican | Yea |
| Norlin G. Mommsen | Republican | Yea |
| Pat Grassley | Republican | Yea |
| Ray Sorensen | Republican | Yea |
| Sandy Salmon | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Latham | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| Skyler Wheeler | Republican | Yea |
| Steven C. Holt | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Gerhold | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Jay Moore | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas M. Jeneary | Republican | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HF 2165?
- HF 2165 is sponsored by Eddie Andrews (Republican), Dr. Steven P. Bradley (Republican), Mark I. Thompson (Republican), Jason Gearhart (Republican), Craig Steven Williams (Republican), Thomas Gerhold (Republican), Samantha Fett (Republican), Zach Dieken (Republican), Charley Thomson (Republican), Helena Hayes (Republican), Cindy Golding (Republican), and Wendy Larson (Republican).
- What is the current status of HF 2165?
- This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 26, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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