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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026

HF 2425: Requiring that school districts include a life-affirming message on student identification cards and including applicability provisions

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 requires that school districts that issue identification cards to students in kindergarten through grade include on either side of the identification card an eloquent, uplifting, life-affirming message that reinforces students’ innate worth and dignity. The message shall be substantially similar to language provided in the bill. The bill applies to student identification cards issued on or after the effective date of the bill. A school district that has a supply of unused student identification cards shall use that supply prior to complying with the requirements of the bill.

Sponsors

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Cost

No fiscal note

In plain words

  1. February 18, 2020Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF2425