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Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HF 2649: A bill for an act establishing a pilot program that authorizes eligible community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HF 2649 is a bill introduced in the Iowa House on February 19, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act establishing a pilot program that authorizes eligible community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees. Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION. Most recent recorded action (March 18, 2026): Subcommittee recommends passage.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATIONPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Subcommittee recommends passage.
  2. Subcommittee Meeting: 03/18/2026 1:30PM Room 315.
  3. Fiscal note.
  4. Subcommittee: Shipley, Kraayenbrink, and Quirmbach.
  5. Read first time, referred to Education.
  6. Message from House.
  7. Immediate message.
  8. Passed House, yeas 56, nays 36.
  9. Amendment H-8022 adopted.
  10. Fiscal note.
  11. Fiscal note.
  12. Amendment H-8022 filed.

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source