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IA HSB155 (2025)

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.)

Anti-LGBTQ+

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…

Jurisdiction
Iowa
Session
91st General Assembly
Stage reported
Introduced Session adjourned
First recorded action
Latest action
: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 856.
Record retrieved

Bill types

As labelled in the project's tracker.

DEI Ban

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Recorded actions

IA HSB155: recorded actions
DateChamberAction
HouseBy COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
HouseIntroduced, referred to Education. H.J. 288.
HouseSubcommittee: Stone, Gehlbach and Madison. H.J. 293.
HouseSubcommittee Meeting: 02/18/2025 12:00PM RM 304.
HouseSubcommittee recommends passage.
HouseCommittee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 467.
HouseCommitte vote: Yeas, 16. Nays, 7. H.J. 467.
HouseCommittee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 856.

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