IA HF 782

enacted

A bill for an act relating to electronic devices in schools, including student access during instructional hours and school safety plans, and including effective date provisions.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did IA HF 782 pass?

Yes. IA HF 782 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-30): Signed by Governor.

What is IA HF 782 about?

IA HF 782 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to electronic devices in schools, including student access during instructional hours and school safety plans, and including effective date provisions.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 782?

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION is the primary sponsor of IA HF 782.

Introduced: 2025-03-05
Latest action: 2025-04-30 — Signed by Governor.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-04-30
Signed by Governor.
executive-signature
2025-04-30
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
2025-04-24
Explanation of vote.
2025-04-08
Message from House.
2025-04-08
Immediate message.
2025-04-08
Passed House, yeas 92, nays 4.
passage
2025-04-08
House concurred in Senate amendment H-1159.
2025-03-24
Senate amendment H-1159 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-03-24
Message from Senate.
2025-03-24
Immediate message.
2025-03-24
Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0.
passage
2025-03-24
Amendment S-3046 filed, lost.
amendment-introduction
2025-03-24
Amendment S-3042 filed, adopted.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage
2025-03-24
Substituted for SF 370.
2025-03-19
Read first time, attached to SF 370.
reading-1
2025-03-19
Message from House.
2025-03-18
Immediate message.
2025-03-18
Passed House, yeas 88, nays 9.
passage
2025-03-18
Amendment H-1103, yeas 32, nays 65, lost.
2025-03-17
Amendment H-1103 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-03-05
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction

Versions

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Amendment H-1159Compare
Amendment S-3046Compare
Amendment S-3042Compare
Amendment H-1103Compare
IntroducedCompare
EnrolledCompare
Enrolled with Governor's ActionCompare
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Documents

Votes

Shall amendment H-1103 be adopted?
2025-03-18 · fail · 32-65
Member-level votes (103)
- Amos: yes
- Jr.: yes
- Baeth: yes
- Bagniewski: yes
- Brown-Powers: yes
- Cooling: yes
- Croken: yes
- Ehlert: yes
- Gaines: yes
- Gjerde: yes
- Gosa: yes
- Jacoby: yes
- James: yes
- Judge: yes
- Konfrst: yes
- Kressig: yes
- Kurth: yes
- Levin: yes
- Madison: yes
- Matson: yes
- McBurney: yes
- Meyer, B.: yes
- Nielsen: yes
- Olson: yes
- Scheetz: yes
- Scholten: yes
- Srinivas: yes
- Turek: yes
- Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
- Wichtendahl: yes
- Wilburn: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zabner: yes
- Andrews: no
- Barker: no
- Behn: no
- Bergan: no
- Blom: no
- Bloomingdale: no
- Boden: no
- Bossman: no
- Bradley: no
- Cisneros: no
- Collins: no
- Determann: no
- Dieken: no
- Dunwell: no
- Fett: no
- Fisher: no
- Gearhart: no
- Gehlbach: no
- Gerhold: no
- Golding: no
- Gustoff: no
- Harris: no
- Hayes: no
- Henderson: no
- Hermanson: no
- Holt: no
- Hora: no
- Ingels: no
- Jeneary: no
- Johnson, C.: no
- Jones: no
- Kaufmann: no
- Kniff: no
- McCulla: no
- Latham: no
- Lawler: no
- Lohse: no
- Lundgren: no
- Meggers: no
- Meyer, A.: no
- Mohr: no
- Mommsen: no
- Moore: no
- Nordman: no
- Rinker: no
- Sexton: no
- Shipley: no
- Sieck: no
- Sitzmann: no
- Smith: no
- Sorensen: no
- Stone: no
- Thompson: no
- Thomson: no
- Vondran: no
- Weldon: no
- Wengryn: no
- Wheeler: no
- Williams: no
- Wills: no
- Wilz: no
- Windschitl: no
- Wood: no
- Wulf: no
- Young: no
- Speaker: no
- Grassley: no
- Johnson, R.: absent
- Open: absent
- Siegrist: absent
Shall the bill pass?
2025-03-18 · pass · 88-9
Member-level votes (103)
- Amos: yes
- Jr.: yes
- Andrews: yes
- Baeth: yes
- Bagniewski: yes
- Barker: yes
- Behn: yes
- Bergan: yes
- Blom: yes
- Bloomingdale: yes
- Boden: yes
- Bossman: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brown-Powers: yes
- Cisneros: yes
- Collins: yes
- Cooling: yes
- Determann: yes
- Dieken: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hora: yes
- Ingels: yes
- Jeneary: yes
- Johnson, C.: yes
- Johnson, R.: yes
- Jones: yes
- Judge: yes
- Kaufmann: yes
- Kniff: yes
- McCulla: yes
- Konfrst: yes
- Kressig: yes
- Kurth: yes
- Latham: yes
- Lawler: yes
- Levin: yes
- Lohse: yes
- Lundgren: yes
- Madison: yes
- Matson: yes
- McBurney: yes
- Meggers: yes
- Meyer, A.: yes
- Meyer, B.: yes
- Mohr: yes
- Mommsen: yes
- Moore: yes
- Nielsen: yes
- Nordman: yes
- Rinker: yes
- Scheetz: yes
- Sexton: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sieck: yes
- Sitzmann: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sorensen: yes
- Srinivas: yes
- Stone: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Thomson: yes
- Turek: yes
- Vondran: yes
- Weldon: yes
- Wengryn: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Williams: yes
- Wills: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wilz: yes
- Windschitl: yes
- Wood: yes
- Wulf: yes
- Young: yes
- Zabner: yes
- Speaker: yes
- Grassley: yes
- Croken: no
- Gaines: no
- Gjerde: no
- Jacoby: no
- Olson: no
- Scholten: no
- Wessel-Kroeschell: no
- Wichtendahl: no
- Wilburn: no
- James: absent
- Open: absent
- Siegrist: absent
- Dunwell: yes
- Ehlert: yes
- Fett: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Gearhart: yes
- Gehlbach: yes
- Gerhold: yes
- Golding: yes
- Gosa: yes
- Gustoff: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Henderson: yes
- Hermanson: yes
Shall the bill pass?
2025-03-24 · pass · 49-0
Member-level votes (51)
- Alons: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson: yes
- De Witt: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Dotzler: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Garrett: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Guth: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Knox: yes
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- Lofgren: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Petersen: yes
- Pike: yes
- Quirmbach: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rowley: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sinclair: yes
- Sires: yes
- Staed: yes
- Sweeney: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Townsend: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Wahls: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Weiner: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Winckler: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Zumbach: yes
- Celsi: absent
Shall amendment S-3046 be adopted?
2025-03-24 · fail · 16-33
Member-level votes (50)
- Dickey: no
- Driscoll: no
- Evans: no
- Garrett: no
- Green: no
- Gruenhagen: no
- Guth: no
- Klimesh: no
- Koelker: no
- Kraayenbrink: no
- Lofgren: no
- Pike: no
- Reichman: no
- Rowley: no
- Rozenboom: no
- Salmon: no
- Schultz: no
- Shipley: no
- Sinclair: no
- Sires: no
- Sweeney: no
- Taylor: no
- Warme: no
- Webster: no
- Westrich: no
- Whitver: no
- Zumbach: no
- Celsi: absent
- Bennett: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Dotzler: yes
- Knox: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Petersen: yes
- Quirmbach: yes
- Staed: yes
- Townsend: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Wahls: yes
- Weiner: yes
- Winckler: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Alons: no
- Bousselot: no
- Campbell: no
- Costello: no
- Dawson De Witt: no
Shall the bill pass?
2025-04-08 · pass · 92-4
Member-level votes (103)
- Amos: yes
- Jr.: yes
- Andrews: yes
- Baeth: yes
- Bagniewski: yes
- Barker: yes
- Behn: yes
- Bergan: yes
- Blom: yes
- Bloomingdale: yes
- Boden: yes
- Bossman: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brown-Powers: yes
- Cisneros: yes
- Collins: yes
- Cooling: yes
- Croken: yes
- Determann: yes
- Dieken: yes
- Dunwell: yes
- Ehlert: yes
- Fett: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Gearhart: yes
- Gehlbach: yes
- Gerhold: yes
- Golding: yes
- Gosa: yes
- Gustoff: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Henderson: yes
- Hermanson: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hora: yes
- Ingels: yes
- Jacoby: yes
- James: yes
- Jeneary: yes
- Johnson, C.: yes
- Johnson, R.: yes
- Jones: yes
- Judge: yes
- Kaufmann: yes
- Kniff: yes
- McCulla: yes
- Konfrst: yes
- Kressig: yes
- Kurth: yes
- Latham: yes
- Lawler: yes
- Levin: yes
- Lohse: yes
- Lundgren: yes
- Madison: yes
- Matson: yes
- McBurney: yes
- Meggers: yes
- Meyer, A.: yes
- Meyer, B.: yes
- Mohr: yes
- Mommsen: yes
- Moore: yes
- Nielsen: yes
- Nordman: yes
- Rinker: yes
- Scholten: yes
- Sexton: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sieck: yes
- Sitzmann: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sorensen: yes
- Stone: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Thomson: yes
- Turek: yes
- Vondran: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Weldon: yes
- Wengryn: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Wilburn: yes
- Williams: yes
- Wills: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wilz: yes
- Windschitl: yes
- Wood: yes
- Wulf: yes
- Young: yes
- Zabner: yes
- Speaker: yes
- Grassley: yes
- Gjerde: no
- Olson: no
- Wessel-Kroeschell: no
- Wichtendahl: no
- Gaines: absent
- Open: absent
- Siegrist: absent
- Srinivas: absent

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