88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026
HF 469: Requiring that human growth and development instruction provided by school districts include instruction on the meaning of consent
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 age-appropriate and research-based instruction in human growth and development, which each school board must provide to students enrolled in grades 1-12, must include instruction regarding consent, which is defined by the bill as the unambiguous and voluntary agreement between all participants in each physical act within the course of interpersonal relationships, including respect for personal boundaries.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
House subcommittee · named February 25, 2019
- Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R) · skyler.wheeler@legis.iowa.gov
- Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines (D) · ruth.ann.gaines@legis.iowa.gov
- Rep. Mary Ann Hanusa (R)
Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa State Education Association; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa; Planned Parenthood North Central States
In plain words
- February 21, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
- February 25, 2019House subcommittee named: Wheeler, Gaines and Hanusa
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/HF469