Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Proposed Bill

HSB 155: A bill for an act prohibiting state entities from expending moneys to fund diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or to hire individuals to serve as diversity, equity, and inclusion officers, creating a private cause of action, and including effective date provisions.

In committee Last action March 7, 2025: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 856.

Plain-language summary

HSB 155 is a proposed bill introduced in the Iowa House on February 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act prohibiting state entities from expending moneys to fund diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or to hire individuals to serve as diversity, equity, and inclusion officers, creating a private cause of action, and including effective date provisions. Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. Most recent recorded action (March 7, 2025): Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 856.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.