republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/hf-856.md

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Bill	A bill for an act prohibiting public entities from engaging in certain activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating a private cause of action, and including effective date provisions.	A bill for an act prohibiting public entities from engaging in certain activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating a private cause of action, and including effective date provisions.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	HF 856	Iowa HF 856 (2025-2026)	bill	city government county government diversity equity local government	enacted		10	29	4	2025-03-07	2025-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/0001363a-d0f0-414a-ad3a-619d090118be	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 856&ga=91	2c7385dd21206f2d4612436f9d6e1b2bb34aa920c5f5fdd6fed9feb9f706c16a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 856 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act prohibiting public entities from engaging in certain activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating a private cause of action, and including effective date provisions.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1087 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-1094 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-1298 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment S-3073 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment S-3149 (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
8. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall amendment H-1094 be adopted? — 61–37 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 59–32 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 61–37 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 34–16 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-07 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2025-03-13 Amendment H-1087 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-17 Amendment H-1094 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-18 Amendment H-1087 withdrawn.
• 2025-03-18 Amendment H-1094, yeas 61, nays 37, adopted.
• 2025-03-18 Passed House, yeas 61, nays 37. 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: Rozenboom, Kraayenbrink, and Quirmbach.
• 2025-03-31 Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 3:00PM Senate Lounge.
• 2025-04-01 Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
• 2025-04-07 Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. committee-passage
• 2025-04-07 Amendment S-3073 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-07 Placed on calendar.
• 2025-04-10 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2025-05-09 Amendment S-3073 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2025-05-09 Amendment S-3149 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-05-09 Passed Senate, yeas 34, nays 16. passage
• 2025-05-09 Immediate message.
• 2025-05-12 Message from Senate.
• 2025-05-12 Senate amendment H-1298 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-13 House concurred in Senate amendment H-1298.
• 2025-05-13 Passed House, yeas 59, nays 32. passage
• 2025-05-20 Explanation of vote.
• 2025-05-13 Immediate message.
• 2025-05-13 Message from House.
• 2025-05-22 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2025-05-27 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0001363a-d0f0-414a-ad3a-619d090118be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).