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IntroducedJan 13, 2026
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Iowa House Bill
A bill for an act prohibiting regents institutions from entering into employment contracts with Chinese citizens holding certain visas.(See HF 2513.)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 11, 2026: Placed on calendar.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HSB 536
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATIONprimary


Votes
YES: 29
- Baeth
- Bagniewski
- Brown-Powers
- Cooling
- Croken
- Ehlert
- Gaines
- Gjerde
- Gosa
- Jacoby
- Johnson, R.
- Judge
- Kressig
- Kurth
- Levin
- Madison
- Matson
- McBurney
- Meyer, B.
- Nielsen
- Olson
- Ramirez
- Scholten
- Srinivas
- Wessel-Kroeschell
- Wichtendahl
- Wilburn
- Wilson
- Zabner
NO: 65
- Andrews
- Barker
- Behn
- Bergan
- Blom
- Bloomingdale
- Boden
- Bossman
- Bradley
- Cisneros
- Collins
- Determann
- Dieken
- Dunwell
- Fett
- Fisher
- Gearhart
- Gehlbach
- Golding
- Grassley
- Gustoff
- Harris
- Hayes
- Henderson
- Hermanson
- Holt
- Hora
- Ingels
- Jeneary
- Johnson, C.
- Jones
- Kaufmann
- Kniff
- McCulla
- Larson
- Latham
- Lawler
- Lohse
- Lundgren
- Meggers
- Meyer, A.
- Mohr
- Mommsen
- Moore
- Nordman
- Rinker
- Shipley
- Sieck
- Siegrist
- Sitzmann
- Smith
- Sorensen
- Stone
- Thompson
- Thomson
- Watkins
- Weldon
- Wengryn
- Wheeler
- Williams
- Wilz
- Windschitl
- Wood
- Wulf
- Young
- Wills
YES: 29
- Baeth
- Bagniewski
- Brown-Powers
- Cooling
- Croken
- Ehlert
- Gaines
- Gjerde
- Gosa
- Jacoby
- Johnson, R.
- Judge
- Kressig
- Kurth
- Levin
- Madison
- Matson
- McBurney
- Meyer, B.
- Nielsen
- Olson
- Ramirez
- Scholten
- Srinivas
- Wessel-Kroeschell
- Wichtendahl
- Wilburn
- Wilson
- Zabner
NO: 66
- Andrews
- Barker
- Behn
- Bergan
- Blom
- Bloomingdale
- Boden
- Bossman
- Bradley
- Cisneros
- Collins
- Determann
- Dieken
- Dunwell
- Fett
- Fisher
- Gearhart
- Gehlbach
- Golding
- Grassley
- Gustoff
- Harris
- Hayes
- Henderson
- Hermanson
- Holt
- Hora
- Ingels
- Jeneary
- Johnson, C.
- Jones
- Kaufmann
- Kniff
- McCulla
- Larson
- Latham
- Lawler
- Lohse
- Lundgren
- Meggers
- Meyer, A.
- Mohr
- Mommsen
- Moore
- Nordman
- Rinker
- Shipley
- Sieck
- Siegrist
- Sitzmann
- Smith
- Sorensen
- Stone
- Thompson
- Thomson
- Vondran
- Watkins
- Weldon
- Wengryn
- Wheeler
- Williams
- Wilz
- Windschitl
- Wood
- Wulf
- Young
- Wills
YES: 68
- Andrews
- Bagniewski
- Barker
- Behn
- Bergan
- Bloomingdale
- Boden
- Bossman
- Bradley
- Cisneros
- Collins
- Determann
- Dieken
- Dunwell
- Fett
- Fisher
- Gearhart
- Gehlbach
- Golding
- Gosa
- Grassley
- Gustoff
- Harris
- Hayes
- Henderson
- Hermanson
- Holt
- Hora
- Ingels
- Jeneary
- Johnson, C.
- Jones
- Judge
- Kaufmann
- Kniff
- McCulla
- Larson
- Latham
- Lawler
- Lundgren
- Meggers
- Meyer, A.
- Mohr
- Mommsen
- Moore
- Nordman
- Rinker
- Shipley
- Sieck
- Siegrist
- Sitzmann
- Smith
- Sorensen
- Stone
- Thompson
- Thomson
- Vondran
- Watkins
- Weldon
- Wengryn
- Wheeler
- Williams
- Wilson
- Wilz
- Windschitl
- Wood
- Wulf
- Young
- Wills
NO: 27
Actions
- Mar 11, 2026 | Senate
- Subcommittee recommends passage.
- Committee report, recommending passage.
- Placed on calendar.
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Subcommittee: Pike, Dickey, and Townsend.
- Subcommittee Meeting: 03/11/2026 8:00AM Senate Lounge.
- Mar 04, 2026 | Senate
- Read first time, referred to Workforce.
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Message from House.
- Mar 03, 2026 | House
- Amendment H-8095 adopted.
- Amendment H-8026, yeas, 29, nays, 65, lost.
- Amendment H-8027, yeas, 29, nays, 66, lost.
- Passed House, yeas 68, nays 27.
- Immediate message.
- Mar 02, 2026 | House
- Amendment H-8095 filed.
- Feb 23, 2026 | House
- Amendment H-8026 filed.
- Amendment H-8027 filed.
- Feb 16, 2026 | House
- Introduced, placed on calendar.
Bill Texts
- IntroducedHTML
- IntroducedPDF
- ReprintedHTML
- ReprintedPDF
- House Amendment H-8026 (, yeas, 29, nays, 65, lost) -- WICHTENDAHL of Linn, 2026-03-03PDF
- House Amendment H-8026 (, yeas, 29, nays, 65, lost) -- WICHTENDAHL of Linn, 2026-03-03HTML
- House Amendment H-8027 (, yeas, 29, nays, 66, lost) -- ZABNER of Johnson, 2026-03-03PDF
- House Amendment H-8027 (, yeas, 29, nays, 66, lost) -- ZABNER of Johnson, 2026-03-03HTML
- House Amendment H-8095 (adopted) -- WHEELER of Sioux, 2026-03-03PDF
- House Amendment H-8095 (adopted) -- WHEELER of Sioux, 2026-03-03HTML
