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Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Proposed Bill

HSB 61: A bill for an act prohibiting community colleges from establishing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and engaging in certain other activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

In committee 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

HSB 61 is a proposed bill introduced in the Iowa House on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act prohibiting community colleges from establishing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and engaging in certain other activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION. Most recent recorded action (March 7, 2025): Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 855.

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. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 855.
  2. Committee vote: Yeas, 7. Nays, 4.
  3. Committee report, recommending passage.
  4. Tabled until future meeting.
  5. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2025 12:30PM House Lounge.
  6. Subcommittee: Collins, Hora and Kurth.
  7. Introduced, referred to Higher Education.

Sources

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