---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners of licensed school employees who engage in grooming behavior toward students."
description: "A bill for an act relating to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners of licensed school employees who engage in grooming behavior toward students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 273"
citation: "Iowa SF 273 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["area education agencies", "educational examiners board", "labor and employment", "mandatory reporting", "school districts", "schools", "sexual activity", "students", "teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2026-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3228f95-c30c-4196-9c98-38a21198307f"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 273&ga=91"
source_hash: "4d6ba0ad167bb8c92a2d75d0f8b28bc0e5afb633a86a66b702bcb6278095528c"
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 273 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners of licensed school employees who engage in grooming behavior toward students.

## 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/SF273.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF273.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF273_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF273.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 2. `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-19** Message from Senate.
- **2025-03-19** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-05-15** Rereferred to Education.
- **2026-03-17** Subcommittee: Boden, Fett and Ramirez.
- **2026-03-17** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/18/2026 12:30PM House Lounge.
- **2026-03-18** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0.
- **2026-03-19** Placed on calendar.
- **2026-03-26** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2026-04-06** Passed House, yeas 92, nays 0. `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Immediate message.
- **2026-04-07** Message from House.
- **2026-05-02** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2026-05-02** 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/a3228f95-c30c-4196-9c98-38a21198307f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).