---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act establishing the national guard service professional qualification scholarship program."
description: "A bill for an act establishing the national guard service professional qualification scholarship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 117"
citation: "Iowa HF 117 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["military", "national guard", "scholarships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aabb2eb6-7c72-4bbd-9db9-102ff2f34b11"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 117&ga=91"
source_hash: "983457f2be5d18928840933b2e104ce714392c734bc7e38c5dc10e8bce5cc095"
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 117 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act establishing the national guard service professional qualification scholarship program.

## 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/HF117.html)
2. **Amendment H-1003** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1003.pdf)
3. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF117.html)
4. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF117_GovLetter.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF117.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1003? — **32–67** (fail) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-23** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Amendment H-1003 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Fiscal note.
- **2025-01-30** Point of order raised on amendment H-1003, ruled not germane.
- **2025-01-30** Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1003, yeas 32, nays 67.
- **2025-01-30** Motion to suspend rules failed.
- **2025-01-30** Passed House, yeas 99, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-01-30** Immediate message.
- **2025-02-03** Message from House.
- **2025-02-03** Read first time, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-10** Subcommittee: Salmon, Pike, and Winckler.
- **2025-02-17** Subcommittee Meeting: 02/19/2025 8:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.
- **2025-02-19** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31** Placed on calendar.
- **2025-04-10** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-04-22** Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-22** Message from Senate.
- **2025-05-02** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-05-02** 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/aabb2eb6-7c72-4bbd-9db9-102ff2f34b11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).