republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2023-2024/hf-2618.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to elementary literacy by modifying teacher preparation program requirements, requiring personalized reading plans for certain students, and providing parent and guardian discretion for their students to be retained at grade level.	A bill for an act relating to elementary literacy by modifying teacher preparation program requirements, requiring personalized reading plans for certain students, and providing parent and guardian discretion for their students to be retained at grade level.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2023-2024	HF 2618	Iowa HF 2618 (2023-2024)	bill	guardianships literacy parents professional licensure school districts students teachers	enacted		10	24	3	2024-02-19	2024-05-07	openstates	ocd-bill/9a867e1e-363f-465f-b55a-5106b34449d7	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2618&ga=90	9a74b23305406ae551f5cdd4f213bdcb4e657917aa07a61343e4047cb2e99143	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 2618 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to elementary literacy by modifying teacher preparation program requirements, requiring personalized reading plans for certain students, and providing parent and guardian discretion for their students to be retained at grade level.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-8031 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-8076 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-8096 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment H-8253 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment H-8260 (committee substitute) — source
7. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
8. Reprinted Marked Up (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 92–3 (pass) · lower
• Shall amendment H-8260, to amendment H-8253, be adopted? — 32–63 (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.

• 2024-02-19 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2024-02-20 Amendment H-8031 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2024-02-27 Amendment H-8076 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2024-02-28 Amendment H-8096 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-14 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2024-03-27 Amendment H-8253 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-01 Amendment H-8260 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-02 Amendment H-8260 to amendment H-8253, yeas 32, nays 63, lost.
• 2024-04-02 Amendment H-8253 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2024-04-02 Amendments H-8031, H-8076 and H-8096 out of order.
• 2024-04-02 Explanation of vote.
• 2024-04-04 Explanation of vote.
• 2024-04-02 Passed House, yeas 92, nays 3. passage
• 2024-04-02 Explanation of vote.
• 2024-04-04 Explanation of vote.
• 2024-04-02 Immediate message.
• 2024-04-02 Message from House.
• 2024-04-02 Read first time, attached to SF 2195. reading-1
• 2024-04-17 Substituted for SF 2195.
• 2024-04-17 Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0. passage
• 2024-04-17 Immediate message.
• 2024-04-17 Message from Senate.
• 2024-04-24 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2024-05-07 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a867e1e-363f-465f-b55a-5106b34449d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).