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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act relating to tuition, degree programs, employment, and related matters pertaining to students enrolled at regents institutions."
+description: "A bill for an act relating to tuition, degree programs, employment, and related matters pertaining to students enrolled at regents institutions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HF 440"
+citation: "Iowa HF 440 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["colleges and universities", "degrees and diplomas", "labor and employment", "regents board", "students", "tuition"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-02-17"
+last_action: "2025-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cfd18e1-69ed-4c87-875f-7612fe690773"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 440&ga=91"
+source_hash: "b56bbd5787e458cd696e3c98a9cd34ee950385f88ab28731d421f51e5f150443"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
+---
+
+# Iowa HF 440 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to tuition, degree programs, employment, and related matters pertaining to students enrolled at regents institutions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/HF440.html)
+2. **Amendment H-1084** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1084.pdf)
+3. **Amendment H-1099** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1099.pdf)
+4. **Amendment H-1112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1112.pdf)
+5. **Amendment H-1113** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1113.pdf)
+6. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF440.html)
+7. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/91/attachments/HF440.html)
+8. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF440_GovLetter.pdf)
+9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF440.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall the bill pass? — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1099? — **33–64** (fail) · lower
+- Shall the bill pass? — **64–33** (pass) · lower
+- Shall amendment H-1084 be adopted? — **63–34** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-17** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
+- **2025-03-13** Amendment H-1084 filed. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-03-17** Amendment H-1099 filed. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-03-17** Fiscal note.
+- **2025-03-18** Point of order raised on amendment H-1099, ruled not germane.
+- **2025-03-18** Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1099, yeas 33, nays 64.
+- **2025-03-18** Motion to suspend rules failed.
+- **2025-03-18** Amendment H-1113 to amendment H-1084 filed, withdrawn. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-03-18** Amendment H-1112 to amendment H-1084 filed, withdrawn. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-03-18** Amendment H-1084, yeas 63, nays 34, adopted.
+- **2025-03-18** Passed House, yeas 64, nays 33. `passage`
+- **2025-03-18** Immediate message.
+- **2025-03-19** Message from House.
+- **2025-03-19** Read first time, referred to Education. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-26** Subcommittee: Green, Campbell, and Quirmbach.
+- **2025-03-26** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/27/2025 11:30AM Lobbyist Lounge.
+- **2025-03-27** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Fiscal note.
+- **2025-04-07** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Placed on calendar.
+- **2025-04-10** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
+- **2025-04-23** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** Immediate message.
+- **2025-04-23** Message from Senate.
+- **2025-05-06** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
+- **2025-05-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cfd18e1-69ed-4c87-875f-7612fe690773`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+