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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2224: Relating to Native American mascots in schools

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to Native American mascots in schools. The bill prohibits a public or nonpublic school from having or adopting a name, symbol, or image that depicts or refers to a Native American tribe, individual, custom, or tradition to be used as a mascot, nickname, logo, letterhead, or team name of the school on or after January 1, 2024. This prohibition does not apply to a school under the control of a Native American tribe and under the purview of the bureau of Indian education.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa School Mental Health Alliance; Please Pass the Love

In plain words

  1. February 2, 2022Filed 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 Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2224