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IA SF 288

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A bill for an act relating to students who are pregnant or who recently gave birth who attend state institutions of higher education governed by the board of regents and community colleges.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did IA SF 288 pass?

Yes. IA SF 288 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-06): Signed by Governor.

What is IA SF 288 about?

IA SF 288 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to students who are pregnant or who recently gave birth who attend state institutions of higher education governed by the board of regents and community colleges.”.

Who sponsors IA SF 288?

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION is the primary sponsor of IA SF 288.

Introduced
2025-02-12
Latest action
2025-06-06 — Signed by Governor.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-06

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  2. 2025-05-19

    Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.

  3. 2025-04-29

    Message from Senate.

  4. 2025-04-28

    Immediate message.

  5. 2025-04-28

    Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-28

    Senate concurred with S-3126.

  7. 2025-04-23

    Message from House, with amendment S-3126.

  8. 2025-04-22

    Immediate message.

  9. 2025-04-22

    Passed House, yeas 92, nays 0.

    passage

  10. 2025-04-22

    Amendment H-1238 adopted, as amended.

    amendment-passage

  11. 2025-04-22

    Amendment H-1263 to amendment H-1238 adopted.

    amendment-passage

  12. 2025-04-22

    Motion to suspend rules failed.

  13. 2025-04-22

    Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1251, yeas 30, nays 60.

  14. 2025-04-22

    Point of order raised on amendment H-1251, ruled not germane.

  15. 2025-04-21

    Amendment H-1263 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  16. 2025-04-17

    Amendment H-1251 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  17. 2025-04-16

    Amendment H-1238 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  18. 2025-04-10

    Placed on calendar under unfinished business.

  19. 2025-04-02

    Placed on calendar.

  20. 2025-04-01

    Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 1.

  21. 2025-04-01

    Committee report, recommending passage.

    committee-passage

  22. 2025-04-01

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-03-27

    Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 8:30AM House Lounge 2.

  24. 2025-03-27

    Subcommittee: Henderson, Ehlert and Kniff McCulla.

  25. 2025-03-20

    Read first time, referred to Education.

    reading-1

  26. 2025-03-19

    Message from Senate.

  27. 2025-03-19

    Immediate message.

  28. 2025-03-19

    Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.

    passage

  29. 2025-03-19

    Amendment S-3031 filed, adopted.

    amendment-introduction,amendment-passage

  30. 2025-02-12

    Committee report, approving bill.

    committee-passage

  31. 2025-02-12

    Introduced, placed on calendar.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2025-03-19 · pass · 47-0

    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
    • 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
    • Warme: yes
    • Webster: yes
    • Weiner: yes
    • Westrich: yes
    • Whitver: yes
    • Winckler: yes
    • Zimmer: yes
    • Zumbach: yes
    • Celsi: absent
    • Petersen: absent
    • Wahls: absent

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2025-04-22 · pass · 92-0

    Member-level votes (102)
    • 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
    • Dunwell: yes
    • Ehlert: yes
    • Fett: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Gaines: yes
    • Gearhart: yes
    • Gehlbach: yes
    • Gerhold: yes
    • Gjerde: yes
    • Golding: yes
    • Grassley: 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
    • Olson: yes
    • Scholten: yes
    • Shipley: yes
    • Sitzmann: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Sorensen: yes
    • Srinivas: yes
    • Stone: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Thomson: yes
    • Turek: yes
    • Vondran: yes
    • Watkins: yes
    • Weldon: yes
    • Wengryn: yes
    • Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
    • Wichtendahl: yes
    • Wilburn: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wilz: yes
    • Windschitl: yes
    • Wood: yes
    • Wulf: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Zabner: yes
    • Wills: yes
    • Dieken: absent
    • Gosa: absent
    • Open: absent
    • Rinker: absent
    • Sexton: absent
    • Sieck: absent
    • Siegrist: absent
    • Wheeler: absent

  • Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1251?

    2025-04-22 · fail · 30-60

    Member-level votes (102)
    • Amos: yes
    • Jr.: yes
    • Baeth: yes
    • Bagniewski: yes
    • Brown-Powers: yes
    • Cooling: yes
    • Croken: yes
    • Ehlert: yes
    • Gaines: yes
    • Gjerde: yes
    • Jacoby: yes
    • James: yes
    • Johnson, R.: yes
    • Konfrst: yes
    • Kressig: yes
    • Kurth: yes
    • Levin: yes
    • Madison: yes
    • Matson: yes
    • McBurney: yes
    • Meyer, B.: yes
    • Nielsen: yes
    • Olson: 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
    • Dunwell: no
    • Fett: 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
    • 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
    • Shipley: no
    • Sitzmann: no
    • Smith: no
    • Sorensen: no
    • Stone: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Thomson: no
    • Vondran: no
    • Watkins: no
    • Weldon: no
    • Wengryn: no
    • Williams: no
    • Windschitl: no
    • Wood: no
    • Wulf: no
    • Young: no
    • Wills: no
    • Dieken: absent
    • Gosa: absent
    • Judge: absent
    • Open: absent
    • Rinker: absent
    • Sexton: absent
    • Sieck: absent
    • Siegrist: absent
    • Wheeler: absent
    • Wilz: absent

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2025-04-28 · pass · 49-0

    Member-level votes (50)
    • Alons: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Bisignano: yes
    • Blake: yes
    • Bousselot: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Celsi: yes
    • Costello: yes
    • Dawson 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
    • 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
    • Sweeney: absent

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https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 288&ga=91

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