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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

SF 97: 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 in grades 1-12, must include instruction regarding dating violence and affirmative, conscious, and voluntary consent to engage in sexual activity.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 28, 2019

  • Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Claire Celsi (D)
  • Sen. Brad Zaun (R)

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

  1. January 24, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
  2. January 28, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Sinclair, Celsi and Zaun

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/SF97