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IA HF 884

died on adjournment

A bill for an act authorizing school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to employ chaplains, or engage volunteer chaplains, to provide services to students.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did IA HF 884 pass?

No. IA HF 884 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-22): Amendment S-5209 filed.

What is IA HF 884 about?

IA HF 884 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act authorizing school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to employ chaplains, or engage volunteer chaplains, to provide services to students.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 884?

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION is the primary sponsor of IA HF 884.

Introduced
2025-03-07
Latest action
2026-04-22 — Amendment S-5209 filed.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-22

    Amendment S-5209 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  2. 2025-04-23

    Amendments S-3124, S-3128, S-3129, and S-3130 filed.

  3. 2025-04-22

    Explanation of vote.

  4. 2025-04-10

    Placed on calendar under unfinished business.

  5. 2025-04-07

    Placed on calendar.

  6. 2025-04-07

    Amendment S-3068 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  7. 2025-04-07

    Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.

    committee-passage

  8. 2025-04-02

    Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.

  9. 2025-04-01

    Subcommittee Meeting: 04/02/2025 12:30PM Senate Lounge.

  10. 2025-03-31

    Subcommittee: Pike, Salmon, and Trone Garriott.

  11. 2025-03-27

    Read first time, referred to Education.

    reading-1

  12. 2025-03-27

    Message from House.

  13. 2025-03-26

    Immediate message.

  14. 2025-03-26

    Passed House, yeas 57, nays 39.

    passage

  15. 2025-03-26

    Amendment H-1129 adopted.

    amendment-passage

  16. 2025-03-26

    Amendment H-1177 to amendment H-1129, yeas 32, nays 63, lost.

  17. 2025-03-26

    Amendment H-1150 withdrawn.

  18. 2025-03-25

    Amendment H-1177 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  19. 2025-03-20

    Amendment H-1150 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  20. 2025-03-19

    Amendment H-1129 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  21. 2025-03-07

    Introduced, placed on calendar.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2025-03-26 · pass · 57-39

    Member-level votes (102)
    • Henderson: yes
    • Hermanson: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hora: yes
    • Jeneary: yes
    • Johnson, C.: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Kaufmann: yes
    • Kniff: yes
    • McCulla: yes
    • Latham: yes
    • Lundgren: yes
    • Meggers: yes
    • Meyer, A.: yes
    • Mohr: yes
    • Mommsen: yes
    • Nordman: yes
    • Sexton: yes
    • Shipley: yes
    • Sieck: yes
    • Sitzmann: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Sorensen: yes
    • Stone: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Thomson: yes
    • Vondran: yes
    • Watkins: yes
    • Weldon: yes
    • Wengryn: yes
    • Wheeler: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Windschitl: yes
    • Wulf: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Wills: yes
    • Amos: no
    • Jr.: no
    • Baeth: no
    • Bagniewski: no
    • Bergan: no
    • Brown-Powers: no
    • Cooling: no
    • Croken: no
    • Ehlert: no
    • Gjerde: no
    • Gosa: no
    • Ingels: no
    • Jacoby: no
    • James: no
    • Johnson, R.: no
    • Judge: no
    • Konfrst: no
    • Kressig: no
    • Kurth: no
    • Lawler: no
    • Levin: no
    • Lohse: no
    • Madison: no
    • Matson: no
    • McBurney: no
    • Meyer, B.: no
    • Moore: no
    • Nielsen: no
    • Olson: no
    • Rinker: no
    • Scheetz: no
    • Scholten: no
    • Srinivas: no
    • Turek: no
    • Wessel-Kroeschell: no
    • Wichtendahl: no
    • Wilburn: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Wood: no
    • Zabner: no
    • Fett: absent
    • Gaines: absent
    • Siegrist: absent
    • Wilz: absent
    • 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
    • Fisher: yes
    • Gearhart: yes
    • Gehlbach: yes
    • Gerhold: yes
    • Golding: yes
    • Grassley: yes
    • Gustoff: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hayes: yes

  • Shall amendment H-1177, to amendment H-1129, be adopted?

    2025-03-26 · fail · 32-63

    Member-level votes (102)
    • Meggers: no
    • Amos: yes
    • Jr.: yes
    • Baeth: yes
    • Bagniewski: yes
    • Brown-Powers: yes
    • Croken: yes
    • Ehlert: yes
    • Gjerde: yes
    • Gosa: yes
    • Ingels: yes
    • Jacoby: yes
    • James: yes
    • Johnson, R.: yes
    • Judge: yes
    • Konfrst: yes
    • Kressig: yes
    • Kurth: yes
    • Levin: yes
    • 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
    • Watkins: no
    • Weldon: no
    • Wengryn: no
    • Wheeler: no
    • Williams: no
    • Windschitl: no
    • Wood: no
    • Wulf: no
    • Young: no
    • Wills: no
    • Cooling: absent
    • Fett: absent
    • Gaines: absent
    • Siegrist: absent
    • Wilz: absent
    • 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
    • Fisher: no
    • Gearhart: no
    • Gehlbach: no
    • Gerhold: no
    • Golding: no
    • Grassley: no
    • Gustoff: no
    • Harris: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Henderson: no
    • Hermanson: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hora: no
    • Jeneary: no
    • Johnson, C.: no
    • Jones: no
    • Kaufmann: no
    • Kniff: no
    • McCulla: no
    • Latham: no
    • Lawler: no
    • Lohse: no
    • Lundgren: no

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https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 884&ga=91

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