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SF 58Died when the session ended · January 12, 2021

Requiring that human growth and development instruction by school boards include information regarding dating violence and voluntary consent to engage in sexual activity

Topics:K–12 education

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 14, 2021
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

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’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary School boards in Iowa would be required to teach students about dating violence as part of their health classes. This instruction must also cover how to give clear and voluntary consent for sexual activity.1

Read the official explanation

This bill provides that the age-appropriate and research-based instruction in human growth and development, which each school board must provide, must include instruction regarding dating violence and affirmative, conscious, and voluntary consent to engage in sexual activity.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named January 14, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§279.50

How the Code works3

Lobbying

6 for · 0 against · 4 undecided · Who →

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89th General Assembly

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • SF 432 Requiring that human growth and development instruction by school boards include age-appro…
    88th General Assembly · In committee · very similar
    Cleared committee
  • SF 97 Requiring that human growth and development instruction by school boards include age-appro…
    88th General Assembly · In committee · similar
    Cleared committee

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