{"bill":{"bill_key":"IA-HSB542-2026","title":"A bill for an act prohibiting courses and content relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory in general education requirements and core curricula at regents institutions.(See HF 2487.)","side":"anti","state":"IA","year":2026,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"A bill for an act prohibiting courses and content relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory in general education requirements and core curricula at regent…","notes":"Replaced by SF2063; \"gender identity\" and gender based diversity, equity, and/or inclusion are among the litany of forbidden topics; Derived from Manhattan Institute's model bill \"End Mandatory Diversity Training\"","types_str":"DEI Ban: Colleges|Don't Say Systemic Biases: Colleges|DEI Ban: EMDT","sponsor_mix":"other","url":"https://legiscan.com/IA/bill/HSB542/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H. Study B. 542, 91st Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Iowa 2026), https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=91&ba=HSB542.","short":"Iowa H. Study B. 542."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[],"citations":[],"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":5515}]}}