IA HF 295

enacted

A bill for an act relating to accreditation of postsecondary educational institutions, prohibiting adverse action by accrediting agencies against certain postsecondary educational institutions for compliance with state law, providing remedies, and including effective date provisions.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did IA HF 295 pass?

Yes. IA HF 295 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-06): Signed by Governor.

What is IA HF 295 about?

IA HF 295 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to accreditation of postsecondary educational institutions, prohibiting adverse action by accrediting agencies against certain postsecondary educational institutions for compliance with state law, providing remedies, and including effective date provisions.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 295?

COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION is the primary sponsor of IA HF 295.

Introduced: 2025-02-10
Latest action: 2025-05-06 — Signed by Governor.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-05-06
Signed by Governor.
executive-signature
2025-05-06
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
2025-04-17
Message from Senate.
2025-04-17
Immediate message.
2025-04-17
Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 15.
passage
2025-04-10
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
2025-04-07
Placed on calendar.
2025-04-07
Committee report, recommending passage.
committee-passage
2025-04-01
Subcommittee recommends passage.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-31
Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 8:30AM Room 315.
2025-03-26
Subcommittee: Gruenhagen, Taylor, and Winckler.
2025-03-19
Read first time, referred to Education.
reading-1
2025-03-19
Message from House.
2025-03-18
Immediate message.
2025-03-18
Explanation of vote.
2025-03-18
Passed House, yeas 65, nays 32.
passage
2025-02-10
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction

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Votes

Shall the bill pass?
2025-03-18 · pass · 65-32
Member-level votes (103)
- Andrews: yes
- Barker: yes
- Behn: yes
- Bergan: yes
- Blom: yes
- Bloomingdale: yes
- Boden: yes
- Bossman: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Cisneros: yes
- Collins: yes
- Determann: yes
- Dieken: yes
- Dunwell: yes
- Fett: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Gearhart: yes
- Gehlbach: yes
- Gerhold: yes
- Golding: yes
- Gustoff: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Henderson: yes
- Hermanson: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hora: yes
- Ingels: yes
- Jeneary: yes
- Johnson, C.: yes
- Jones: yes
- Kaufmann: yes
- Kniff: yes
- McCulla: yes
- Latham: yes
- Lawler: yes
- Lohse: yes
- Lundgren: yes
- Meggers: yes
- Meyer, A.: yes
- Mohr: yes
- Mommsen: yes
- Moore: yes
- Nordman: yes
- Rinker: yes
- Sexton: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sieck: yes
- Sitzmann: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sorensen: yes
- Stone: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Thomson: yes
- Vondran: yes
- Weldon: yes
- Wengryn: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Williams: yes
- Wills: yes
- Wilz: yes
- Windschitl: yes
- Wood: yes
- Wulf: yes
- Young: yes
- Speaker: yes
- Grassley: yes
- Amos: no
- Jr.: no
- Baeth: no
- Bagniewski: no
- Brown-Powers: no
- Cooling: no
- Ehlert: no
- Gaines: no
- Gjerde: no
- Gosa: no
- Jacoby: no
- James: no
- Johnson, R.: no
- Judge: no
- Konfrst: no
- Kressig: no
- Kurth: no
- Levin: no
- Madison: no
- Matson: no
- McBurney: no
- Meyer, B.: no
- Nielsen: no
- Olson: no
- Scheetz: no
- Scholten: no
- Srinivas: no
- Turek: no
- Wessel-Kroeschell: no
- Wichtendahl: no
- Wilburn: no
- Wilson: no
- Zabner: no
- Croken: absent
- Open: absent
- Siegrist: absent
Shall the bill pass?
2025-04-17 · pass · 32-15
Member-level votes (50)
- Alons: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson De Witt: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Garrett: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Guth: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Pike: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rowley: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sinclair: yes
- Sires: yes
- Sweeney: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Bennett: no
- Bisignano: no
- Blake: no
- Donahue: no
- Dotzler: no
- Knox: no
- Petersen: no
- Quirmbach: no
- Staed: no
- Townsend: no
- Trone: no
- Garriott: no
- Wahls: no
- Weiner: no
- Winckler: no
- Zimmer: no
- Celsi: absent
- Lofgren: absent
- Zumbach: absent

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https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 295&ga=91

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