---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act requiring the director of the department of education to develop and administer a purple star school initiative."
description: "A bill for an act requiring the director of the department of education to develop and administer a purple star school initiative."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 275"
citation: "Iowa SF 275 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["education", "education department", "families", "military", "military service members", "schools", "students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ea7ce2b-06bb-489c-b988-683c70d391d9"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 275&ga=91"
source_hash: "615fe316705ec74e2fca37242134cc1a4a8a10bacdb3e9ca8849cd314d19b03f"
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 275 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act requiring the director of the department of education to develop and administer a purple star school initiative.

## 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/SF275.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF275.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF275_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF275.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## 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`
- **2025-02-25** Passed Senate, yeas 41, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-02-25** Immediate message.
- **2025-02-26** Message from Senate.
- **2025-03-05** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-04-08** Substituted for HF 771.
- **2025-04-08** Passed House, yeas 96, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Explanation of vote.
- **2025-04-08** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-08** Message from House.
- **2025-05-02** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, 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/6ea7ce2b-06bb-489c-b988-683c70d391d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).