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IntroducedFeb 16, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 24, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Iowa House Bill
A bill for an act prohibiting private institutions of higher education that participate in the Iowa tuition grant program from establishing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices.(Formerly HSB 537.)
Last Action See all actions
House • Feb 16, 2026: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2488.
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Summary
Comments on HF 2488
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATIONprimary

Votes
YES: 57
- Andrews
- Barker
- Behn
- Blom
- Bloomingdale
- Boden
- Bossman
- Bradley
- Cisneros
- Collins
- Determann
- Dieken
- Fisher
- Gearhart
- Gehlbach
- Golding
- Gustoff
- Harris
- Hayes
- Henderson
- Hermanson
- Holt
- Hora
- Jeneary
- Johnson, C.
- Jones
- Kaufmann
- Kniff
- McCulla
- Larson
- Lawler
- Meggers
- Meyer, A.
- Mohr
- Mommsen
- Moore
- Nordman
- Shipley
- Sieck
- Siegrist
- Sitzmann
- Smith
- Sorensen
- Stone
- Thompson
- Thomson
- Vondran
- Watkins
- Weldon
- Wengryn
- Wheeler
- Williams
- Wills
- Wilz
- Wood
- Wulf
- Young
- Speaker
- Grassley
NO: 34
Actions
- Feb 16, 2026 | House
- Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2488.
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Committee report, recommending passage.
- Committee vote: Yeas, 7. Nays, 4.
- Feb 09, 2026 | House
- Subcommittee recommends passage.
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- Subcommittee Meeting: 02/09/2026 4:00PM RM 102.
- Jan 20, 2026 | House
- Subcommittee reassigned: Holt, Brown-Powers and Wheeler.
- Jan 13, 2026 | House
- Introduced, referred to Higher Education.
- Subcommittee: Stone, Brown-Powers and Wheeler.
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