IA HF 856

enacted

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.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did IA HF 856 pass?

Yes. IA HF 856 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-27): Signed by Governor.

What is IA HF 856 about?

IA HF 856 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “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.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 856?

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION is the primary sponsor of IA HF 856.

Introduced: 2025-03-07
Latest action: 2025-05-27 — Signed by Governor.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-05-27
Signed by Governor.
executive-signature
2025-05-22
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
2025-05-20
Explanation of vote.
2025-05-13
Message from House.
2025-05-13
Immediate message.
2025-05-13
Passed House, yeas 59, nays 32.
passage
2025-05-13
House concurred in Senate amendment H-1298.
2025-05-12
Senate amendment H-1298 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-05-12
Message from Senate.
2025-05-09
Immediate message.
2025-05-09
Passed Senate, yeas 34, nays 16.
passage
2025-05-09
Amendment S-3149 filed, adopted.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage
2025-05-09
Amendment S-3073 adopted.
amendment-passage
2025-04-10
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
2025-04-07
Placed on calendar.
2025-04-07
Amendment S-3073 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-04-07
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
committee-passage
2025-04-01
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
2025-03-31
Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 3:00PM Senate Lounge.
2025-03-26
Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Kraayenbrink, and Quirmbach.
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
Passed House, yeas 61, nays 37.
passage
2025-03-18
Amendment H-1094, yeas 61, nays 37, adopted.
2025-03-18
Amendment H-1087 withdrawn.
2025-03-17
Amendment H-1094 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-03-13
Amendment H-1087 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-03-07
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction

Versions

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Amendment H-1298Compare
Amendment S-3149Compare
Amendment S-3073Compare
Amendment H-1094Compare
Amendment H-1087Compare
IntroducedCompare
ReprintedCompare
EnrolledCompare
Enrolled with Governor's ActionCompare
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Documents

Votes

Shall amendment H-1094 be adopted?
2025-03-18 · pass · 61-37
Member-level votes (103)
- Andrews: yes
- Barker: yes
- Behn: yes
- Blom: 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
- Jeneary: yes
- Johnson, C.: yes
- Jones: yes
- Kaufmann: yes
- Kniff: yes
- McCulla: yes
- Latham: yes
- Lawler: 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
- Bergan: no
- Bloomingdale: no
- Brown-Powers: no
- Cooling: no
- Croken: no
- Ehlert: no
- Gaines: no
- Gjerde: no
- Gosa: no
- Ingels: no
- Jacoby: no
- James: no
- Johnson, R.: no
- Judge: no
- Konfrst: no
- Kressig: no
- Kurth: no
- Levin: no
- Lohse: 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
- Open: absent
- Siegrist: absent
Shall the bill pass?
2025-03-18 · pass · 61-37
Member-level votes (102)
- Andrews: yes
- Barker: yes
- Behn: 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
- Grassley: yes
- Gustoff: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Henderson: yes
- Hermanson: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hora: yes
- Jeneary: yes
- Johnson, C.: yes
- Jones: yes
- Kaufmann: yes
- Kniff: yes
- McCulla: yes
- Latham: yes
- Lawler: yes
- Lundgren: yes
- Meggers: yes
- Meyer, A.: yes
- Mohr: yes
- Mommsen: yes
- Moore: yes
- Nordman: yes
- Sexton: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sieck: yes
- Sitzmann: yes
- Smith: 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
- Sorensen: yes
- Amos: no
- Jr.: no
- Baeth: no
- Bagniewski: no
- Bergan: no
- Brown-Powers: no
- Cooling: no
- Croken: no
- Ehlert: no
- Gaines: no
- Gjerde: no
- Gosa: no
- Ingels: no
- Jacoby: no
- James: no
- Johnson, R.: no
- Judge: no
- Konfrst: no
- Kressig: no
- Kurth: no
- Levin: no
- Lohse: no
- Madison: no
- Matson: no
- McBurney: no
- Meyer, B.: no
- Nielsen: no
- Olson: no
- Rinker: no
- Scheetz: no
- Scholten: no
- Srinivas: no
- Turek: no
- Wessel-Kroeschell: no
- Wichtendahl: no
- Wilburn: no
- Wilson: no
- Zabner: no
- Open: absent
- Siegrist: absent
Shall the bill pass?
2025-05-09 · pass · 34-16
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
- Lofgren: 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
- Zumbach: yes
- Bennett: no
- Bisignano: no
- Blake: no
- Celsi: 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
Shall the bill pass?
2025-05-13 · pass · 59-32
Member-level votes (102)
- Andrews: yes
- Barker: yes
- Behn: yes
- Blom: yes
- Bloomingdale: yes
- Boden: yes
- Bossman: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Collins: yes
- Determann: yes
- Dunwell: yes
- Fett: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Gearhart: yes
- Gehlbach: yes
- Gerhold: yes
- Golding: yes
- Grassley: 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
- Lundgren: yes
- Meggers: yes
- Meyer, A.: yes
- Mohr: yes
- Mommsen: yes
- Moore: yes
- Nordman: yes
- Sexton: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sitzmann: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sorensen: yes
- Stone: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Thomson: yes
- Vondran: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Weldon: yes
- Wengryn: yes
- Williams: yes
- Wilz: yes
- Windschitl: yes
- Wood: yes
- Wulf: yes
- Young: yes
- Wills: yes
- Amos: no
- Jr.: no
- Baeth: no
- Bagniewski: no
- Bergan: no
- Cooling: 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
- Ramirez: no
- Rinker: no
- Scholten: no
- Siegrist: no
- Srinivas: no
- Turek: no
- Wessel-Kroeschell: no
- Wichtendahl: no
- Wilburn: no
- Wilson: no
- Zabner: no
- Brown-Powers: absent
- Cisneros: absent
- Croken: absent
- Dieken: absent
- Ehlert: absent
- Gaines: absent
- Lohse: absent
- Sieck: absent
- Wheeler: absent

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