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

HF 228: Relating to voluntary diversity plans under the state’s open enrollment law and including effective date provisions

Signed into law

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

Minimal

House File 228 has no fiscal impact to the State. Districts that have denied previous open enrollment requests based on the districts’ voluntary diversity programs may experience a decrease in per pupil funds equal to the cost of the previous year’s State cost…

Senate subcommittee · named February 8, 2021

  • Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. J. Smith
  • Sen. Brad Zaun (R)

Lobbying · 8 for, 14 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; EdChoice; Homeschool Iowa; Iowa HSAP Professionals; Kirkwood Institute; Stride, Inc.; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation

Against: Area Education Agencies of Iowa; Common Good Iowa; Des Moines Public Schools; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; Iowa State Education Association; NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Iowa-Nebraska; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; and 2 more

In plain words

  1. January 27, 2021Filed in the House
  2. February 1, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. February 2, 2021Passed the House, 56–32
  4. February 3, 2021Arrived in the Senate
  5. February 8, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Sinclair, J. Smith and Zaun
  6. March 11, 2021Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
  7. March 15, 2021Approved by the Senate committee
  8. April 6, 2021Passed the Senate, 29–17
  9. April 20, 2021Passed the House, 56–37
  10. May 10, 2021Sent to the Governor
  11. May 10, 2021Signed into law
  12. June 7, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF228