IA-HF856-2025

Iowa · HF 856 · 2025

A bill for an act prohibiting public entities from engaging in certain activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating a private cause of action, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 155.) Effective date: 05/27/2025, 07/01/2025.

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Bill key
IA-HF856-2025
State
Iowa
Session
2025
Introduced
Last recorded status
passed
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H.F. 856, 91st Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Iowa 2025) (enacted), https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=91&ba=HF856.
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Iowa H.F. 856.
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A bill for an act prohibiting public entities from engaging in certain activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating a private cause of action, and including e…

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SOGI inclusive; incudes variation of the Manhattan Institute's model bill "Abolish DEI Bureaucracy" from 2023

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