89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

HSB 168: HSB 168

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 requires the state board of regents to adopt a policy requiring that not less than percent of the students accepted at the colleges of medicine and dentistry at the state university of Iowa be residents of Iowa or persons who prior to applying to the college of medicine or dentistry were enrolled in a community college in Iowa, an accredited private institution in Iowa, or a regents university. The bill also requires the state university of Iowa, in collaboration with the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics (UIHC), to submit an annual report to the general assembly with information relating to the residency of graduates of the colleges of dentistry and medicine and UIHC residency programs post-graduation and medical residency.

Cost

See the fiscal note

0 million annually. Source Board of Regents /s/ Holly M. Lyons February 15, 2021 Doc ID 1212409 The fiscal note for this Bill was prepared pursuant to Joint Rule 17 and the Iowa Code. Data used in developing this fiscal note is available from the Fiscal Servic…

House subcommittee · named January 28, 2021

Rep. Ann Meyer (R) · ann.meyer@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Tom Jeneary (R) · tom.jeneary@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Mary Mascher (D)

Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against

Against: Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church

In plain words

January 28, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Human Resources committee
January 28, 2021House subcommittee named: Meyer, A., Jeneary and Mascher
February 9, 2021Subcommittee recommended passing it
February 9, 2021Approved by the House committee