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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2246: Relating to education requirements, including continuing education requirements, for certain licensed professions

Died when the session ended · The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to continuing education requirements for licensed professions, including those licensed by the board of education or the supreme court. The bill prohibits boards from adopting rules for continuing education requirements that require a licensee to obtain continuing education credits that are not directly related to the practice of the licensed profession, except as otherwise required by law. The bill also requires the supreme court to adopt or amend court rules for the continuing education of attorneys that do not include any requirements that are not directly related to the practice of law, except as otherwise required by law, and that do not require a person to graduate from a law school accredited by the American bar association prior to sitting for the bar examination in this state.

Sponsors

Higher Education committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 2, 2026

  • Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Cherielynn Westrich (R) · cherielynn.westrich@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 5 against

For: American Physical Therapy Association of Iowa; Americans For Prosperity

Against: Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers; Iowa Insurance Associates; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants; NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Iowa-Nebraska

In plain words

  1. January 13, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Higher Education committee · as HSB 546
  2. January 13, 2026House subcommittee named: Holt, Hora and Wilburn · as HSB 546
  3. January 20, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 546
  4. January 28, 2026Approved by the House committee · as HSB 546
  5. January 28, 2026Committee vote: 6–4 · as HSB 546
  6. January 30, 2026Filed in the House
  7. January 30, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2246 · as HSB 546
  8. February 24, 2026Passed the House, 53–38
  9. February 25, 2026Arrived in the Senate
  10. February 26, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Schultz and Staed
  11. March 2, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Bousselot, Bisignano and Westrich

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/91/HF2246