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

HF 2487: Concerning restrictions on certain activities relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory by state entities and public institutions of higher education

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill concerns restrictions on certain activities relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory by state entities and public institutions of higher education. The bill authorizes the attorney general to conduct an inquiry or investigation regarding a violation of current law prohibiting regents institutions, community colleges, and state entities, defined under current law to include local government entities, from engaging in certain practices regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Sponsors

Higher Education committee

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 20, 2026

  • Rep. Steven C. Holt (R) · steven.holt@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R) · skyler.wheeler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Ross Wilburn (D) · ross.wilburn@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 10 for, 19 against

For: Anita Fischer - Personal Interest; Concerned Women For America of Iowa; Do No Harm Action; Inspired Life; Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Professional Educators of Iowa; Rick Phillips; VALOR Iowa

Against: AFSCME Council 61; American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Bitches Get Stuff Done; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Safe Schools; NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Iowa-Nebraska; and 7 more

In plain words

  1. January 13, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Higher Education committee · as HSB 542
  2. January 13, 2026House subcommittee named: Stone, Wheeler and Wilburn · as HSB 542
  3. January 20, 2026House subcommittee named: Holt, Wheeler and Wilburn · as HSB 542
  4. February 9, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 542
  5. February 11, 2026Approved by the House committee · as HSB 542
  6. February 11, 2026Committee vote: 7–4 · as HSB 542
  7. February 16, 2026Filed in the House
  8. February 16, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2487 · as HSB 542
  9. March 12, 2026Passed the House, 62–27
  10. March 16, 2026Arrived in the Senate

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/HF2487