Amendment H-8220 to SF 2218

Filed March 13, 2026 in the House by

In plain words

AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill with a new version that requires teaching license applicants and renewals to provide proof of legal authorization to work in the United States. It also requires school districts and private schools to verify the identity and work eligibility of all new employees and establishes penalties for employers who knowingly hire people using false social security numbers. Additionally, it makes it a crime to provide a false social security number to an employer to obtain employment or other benefits.¹

What it changes

1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: “DIVISION I EDUCATION-RELATED PROVISIONS Section
2. Section 256.146, subsection 16, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
3. a. Adopt rules to require that a background investigation be conducted by the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety on all initial applicants for licensure. The board shall also require all initial applicants to submit a completed fingerprint packet and shall use the packet to facilitate a national criminal history background check. b. The board shall have access to, and shall review the sex offender registry information under section 692A.121 available to the general public, information in the Iowa court information system available to the general public, the central registry for child abuse information established under chapter 235A , and the dependent adult abuse records maintained under chapter 235B for information regarding applicants for license renewal and, every five years, for practitioners who are not subject to renewal requirements pursuant to subsection 1 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (2). The board may charge such a practitioner who is not subject to renewal requirements a reasonable fee for the review of the sex offender registry information, information in the Iowa court information system, the central registry for child abuse information, and the dependent adult abuse records. c. (1) The board shall require all initial applicants for licensure, including individuals who apply for a license under section 256.152, and all applicants for license renewal, to produce evidence of the applicant’s legal authorization to work in the United States as a condition of initial licensure or license renewal. The board shall accept as proof of an applicant’s legal authorization to work in the United States any of the following: (a) A document that establishes both employment authorization and identity, as described in 8 U.S.C. §1324a(b)(1)(B). (b) A document that evidences employment authorization, as described in 8 U.S.C. §1324a(b)(1)(C), and a document that establishes the identity of the applicant, as described in 8 U.S.C. §1324a(b)(1)(D). (2) The board shall require all practitioners who are not subject to renewal requirements pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph “a” , subparagraph (2), to produce evidence of the practitioner’s legal authorization to work in the United States every five years as a condition of remaining licensed. The board shall accept as proof of a practitioner’s legal authorization to work in the United States any of the following: (a) A document that establishes both employment authorization and identity, as described in 8 U.S.C. §1324a(b)(1)(B). (b) A document that evidences employment authorization, as described in 8 U.S.C. §1324a(b)(1)(C), and a document that establishes the identity of the practitioner, as described in 8 U.S.C. §1324a(b)(1)(D). Sec.
4. Section 256E.7, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . 0w. Be subject to and comply with the requirements of section 280.37 relating to the verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all individuals who have accepted an offer of employment in the same manner as a school district. Sec.
5. Section 256F.4, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . v. Be subject to and comply with the requirements of section 280.37 relating to the verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all individuals who have accepted an offer of employment in the same manner as a school district. Sec.
6. NEW SECTION . 280.37 Verification of identity and eligibility to work in the United States. The board of directors of each school district and the authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school shall verify the identity and employment eligibility of all individuals who have accepted an offer of employment in accordance with 8 U.S.C. §1324a. Sec.
7. APPLICABILITY. The following applies to all applications for initial licensure, and all applications for license renewal, that are submitted to the board of educational examiners on or after the effective date of this division of this Act: The section of this division of this Act amending section 256.146. DIVISION II PROVIDING FALSE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS —— PENALTIES Sec.
8. NEW SECTION . 91F.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
9. “Department” means the department of workforce development.
10. “Employer” means a person who employs an employee in this state for wages. Sec.
11. NEW SECTION . 91F.2 Employment of persons with false social security numbers prohibited. An employer shall not hire or continue to employ an employee who the employer knows to have provided the employer with a social security number on any documentation for employment that does not belong to the employee. Sec.
12. NEW SECTION . 91F.3 Enforcement —— penalties.
13. The department shall enforce this chapter.
14. An employer who violates section 91F.2 shall be subject to a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars to be collected by the department.
15. For a fourth or subsequent violation of subsection 91F.2, in addition to the civil penalty provided in subsection 1, an employer shall cease operations at the location where the violation occurred until any individual who holds a majority ownership interest in the employer, and all managerial staff at the location, participate in training developed by the department regarding compliance with this chapter. Sec.
16. Section 714.8, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsections: NEW SUBSECTION .
17. For the purpose of retaining or obtaining employment, or any other thing of value, falsely provides the employer or prospective employer with a social security number that does not belong to that person. NEW SUBSECTION .
18. An employer knowingly providing a potential employee with a fraudulent social security number for the purpose of hiring the potential employee.”
19. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 5 and inserting “An Act relating to employment-related matters, including by modifying provisions related to the verification of the identity and employment eligibility of individuals by the board of educational examiners, school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, the provision of a false social security number to an employer, prospective employer, or a potential employee, making penalties applicable, and including applicability provisions.”

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book