republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/sf-2231.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students, modifying provisions related to the duties of the department of education, and modifying eligibility and participation requirements for certain education programs, preschool programs, and tax provisions, providing civil penalties, and including retroactive applicability provisions.	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students, modifying provisions related to the duties of the department of education, and modifying eligibility and participation requirements for certain education programs, preschool programs, and tax provisions, providing civil penalties, and including retroactive applicability provisions.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	SF 2231	Iowa SF 2231 (2025-2026)	bill	community colleges education education board income taxes joint powers and authorities preschools private education property school boards school districts taxation	enacted		14	50	2	2026-02-09	2026-05-22	openstates	ocd-bill/5a45389f-a977-4772-aa7d-578dc1c6b0cd	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2231&ga=91	bc062b8e768699e6d482c2fa24c7c120c149d76e287b213aab0b77e7e5a69c2e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 2231 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students, modifying provisions related to the duties of the department of education, and modifying eligibility and participation requirements for certain education programs, preschool programs, and tax provisions, providing civil penalties, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-8267 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-8268 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-8307 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment H-8308 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment H-8309 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment H-8310 (committee substitute) — source
8. Amendment H-8313 (committee substitute) — source
9. Amendment H-8315 (committee substitute) — source
10. Amendment H-8316 (committee substitute) — source
11. Amendment S-5177 (committee substitute) — source
12. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
13. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
14. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 28–16 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 30–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-09 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2026-02-09 Committee report, approving bill. committee-passage
• 2026-03-02 Fiscal note.
• 2026-03-03 Passed Senate, yeas 30, nays 14. passage
• 2026-03-03 Immediate message.
• 2026-03-03 Message from Senate.
• 2026-03-04 Read first time, referred to Education. reading-1
• 2026-03-10 Subcommittee: Fett, Gehlbach and Matson.
• 2026-03-10 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/16/2026 12:45PM RM 102.
• 2026-03-16 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2026-03-19 Committee vote: Yeas, 16. Nays, 7.
• 2026-03-19 Placed on calendar.
• 2026-03-26 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2026-03-26 Amendments H-8267 and H-8268 filed.
• 2026-04-06 Rereferred to Ways and Means.
• 2026-04-07 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2026-04-07 Committee vote: Yeas, 17. Nays, 8.
• 2026-04-07 Placed on Ways and Means calendar.
• 2026-04-07 Amendments H-8307, H-8308, H-8309, H-8310, H-8311, H-8312, H-8313, H-8315, H-8316 filed.
• 2026-04-08 Unanimous consent for immediate consideration.
• 2026-04-08 Amendment H-8267 withdrawn.
• 2026-04-08 Amendment H-8307 to amendment H-8268 withdrawn.
• 2026-04-08 Amendment H-8308 to amendment H-8268 deferred.
• 2026-04-08 Amendment H-8315 to amendment H-8268 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2026-04-08 Amendment H-8308 to amendment H-8268 out of order.
• 2026-04-08 Amendment H-8309 to amendment H-8268 withdrawn.
• 2026-04-08 Point of order raised on amendment H-8268, as amended, ruled not germane.
• 2026-04-08 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8268, as amended, yeas 64, nays 24.
• 2026-04-14 Explanation of vote.
• 2026-04-08 Motion to suspend rules prevailed.
• 2026-04-08 Amendment H-8268 adopted, as amended. amendment-passage
• 2026-04-08 Amendment H-8316 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2026-04-08 Amendments H-8310, H-8311, H-8312 withdrawn.
• 2026-04-08 Point of order raised on Amendment H-8313, ruled not germane.
• 2026-04-08 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8313, yeas 23, nays 65.
• 2026-04-14 Explanation of vote.
• 2026-04-08 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2026-04-08 Passed House, yeas 63, nays 25. passage
• 2026-04-14 Explanation of vote.
• 2026-04-08 Immediate message.
• 2026-04-09 Message from House, with amendment S-5177.
• 2026-04-20 Fiscal note.
• 2026-04-20 Senate concurred with S-5177.
• 2026-04-20 Passed Senate, yeas 28, nays 16. passage
• 2026-04-20 Immediate message.
• 2026-04-20 Message from Senate.
• 2026-05-05 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2026-05-19 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2026-05-22 Fiscal note.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a45389f-a977-4772-aa7d-578dc1c6b0cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).