{"bill":{"bill_key":"IA-HSB155-2025","title":"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.(See HF 856.)","side":"anti","state":"IA","year":2025,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"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 inclu…","notes":"SOGI inclusive; incudes variation of the Manhattan Institute's model bill \"Abolish DEI Bureaucracy\" from 2023","types_str":"DEI Ban: Government|DEI Ban: K12|DEI Ban: Colleges|Don't Say Systemic Biases: Government|Don't Say Systemic Biases: K12|Don't Say Systemic Biases: Colleges|DEI Ban: ADEIB","sponsor_mix":"other","final_margin_pct":69.6,"url":"https://legiscan.com/IA/bill/HSB155/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"last_updated":"2026-10-13T12:00:59.646Z","bluebook":{"cite":"H. Study B. 155, 91st Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Iowa 2025), https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=91&ba=HSB155.","short":"Iowa H. Study B. 155."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[],"citations":["IA:19.2","IA:216.2"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":12770}]},"status_changes":[{"from_status":"pending|introduced","to_status":"failed|introduced","changed_at":"2026-10-13T12:00:59.646Z"}]}