IA HF 865

enacted

A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the harassment or bullying of students enrolled in school districts or accredited nonpublic schools.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did IA HF 865 pass?

Yes. IA HF 865 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-27): Signed by Governor.

What is IA HF 865 about?

IA HF 865 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the harassment or bullying of students enrolled in school districts or accredited nonpublic schools.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 865?

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION is the primary sponsor of IA HF 865.

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

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-05-27
Signed by Governor.
executive-signature
2025-05-19
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
2025-04-30
Message from Senate.
2025-04-29
Immediate message.
2025-04-29
Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 16.
passage
2025-04-10
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
2025-03-31
Placed on calendar.
2025-03-31
Committee report, recommending passage.
committee-passage
2025-03-27
Subcommittee recommends passage.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-26
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/27/2025 12:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.
2025-03-26
Subcommittee: Salmon, Shipley, and Trone Garriott.
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 64, nays 33.
passage
2025-03-07
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction

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Votes

Shall the bill pass?
2025-03-18 · pass · 64-33
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
- 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
- Croken: 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
- Open: absent
- Siegrist: absent
- Sitzmann: absent
Shall the bill pass?
2025-04-29 · pass · 32-16
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
- Taylor: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: 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
- Sweeney: absent
- Zumbach: absent

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https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 865&ga=91

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