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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act requiring students to pass the United States citizenship and immigration services naturalization civics test as a condition of high school graduation and high school equivalency diplomas."
+description: "A bill for an act requiring students to pass the United States citizenship and immigration services naturalization civics test as a condition of high school graduation and high school equivalency diplomas."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SF 369"
+citation: "Iowa SF 369 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["charter schools", "citizenship", "civics", "curricula", "education board", "education department", "high school equivalency diplomas", "innovation zone schools", "private education", "school boards", "school districts", "schools", "students"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 13
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-02-19"
+last_action: "2025-05-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3929312-cd9a-4cc0-831f-0a55977db5d3"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 369&ga=91"
+source_hash: "d2ee32e6fa2705b75de7fe8de3d8f143cd4bdb0b6fffff17e9076d333ed2c9a3"
+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 SF 369 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act requiring students to pass the United States citizenship and immigration services naturalization civics test as a condition of high school graduation and high school equivalency diplomas.
+
+## 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/SF369.html)
+2. **Amendment H-1228** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1228.pdf)
+3. **Amendment H-1231** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1231.pdf)
+4. **Amendment H-1239** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1239.pdf)
+5. **Amendment H-1241** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1241.pdf)
+6. **Amendment H-1254** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1254.pdf)
+7. **Amendment S-3096** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S3096.pdf)
+8. **Amendment S-3099** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S3099.pdf)
+9. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF369.html)
+10. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/91/attachments/SF369.html)
+11. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/91/attachments/SF369.html)
+12. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF369_GovLetter.pdf)
+13. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF369.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall amendment S-3099 be adopted? — **12–33** (fail) · upper
+- Shall amendment H-1241 be adopted? — **28–64** (fail) · lower
+- Shall the bill pass? — **38–7** (pass) · upper
+- Shall the bill pass? — **60–33** (pass) · lower
+- Shall amendment H-1228, as amended, be adopted? — **30–62** (fail) · lower
+- Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1239? — **30–61** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-19** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
+- **2025-02-19** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-03** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
+- **2025-04-14** Amendment S-3099 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-04-14** Amendment S-3096 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-14** Passed Senate, yeas 38, nays 7. `passage`
+- **2025-04-14** Immediate message.
+- **2025-04-15** Message from Senate.
+- **2025-04-15** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-15** Amendments H-1228 and H-1231 filed.
+- **2025-04-16** Amendments H-1239 and H-1241 filed.
+- **2025-04-17** Substituted for HF 165.
+- **2025-04-17** Amendment H-1231 withdrawn.
+- **2025-04-17** Point of order raised on amendment H-1239, ruled not germane.
+- **2025-04-17** Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1239, yeas 30, nays 61.
+- **2025-04-17** Motion to suspend rules failed.
+- **2025-04-17** Amendment H-1254 to amendment H-1228 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-17** Amendment H-1228, yeas 30, nays 62, lost, as amended.
+- **2025-04-17** Amendment H-1241, yeas 28, nays 64, lost.
+- **2025-04-17** Passed House, yeas 60, nays 33. `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** Explanation of vote.
+- **2025-04-17** Immediate message.
+- **2025-04-21** Message from House.
+- **2025-05-19** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
+- **2025-05-27** 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/b3929312-cd9a-4cc0-831f-0a55977db5d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+