88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
HF 144: Requiring that human growth and development instruction by school boards include age-appropriate information regarding dating violence and prevention
Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill provides that the age-appropriate and research-based instruction in human growth and development, which each school board must provide, must include instruction regarding dating violence and affirmative, conscious, and voluntary consent to engage in sexual activity.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
House subcommittee · named January 29, 2019
- Rep. Joel Fry (R)
- Rep. Heather Matson (D) · heather.matson@legis.iowa.gov
- Rep. Ann Meyer (R) · ann.meyer@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; Iowa State Education Association; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa; Planned Parenthood North Central States
In plain words
- January 28, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
- January 29, 2019House subcommittee named: Fry, Matson, Meyer and A
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF144