HF 2491: Providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at regents institutions for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities

What it does

This bill requires regents institutions to waive all tuition and mandatory fees for a veteran who has a permanent service-connected disability rating of 100 percent and who applies to and is admitted for enrollment at the institution. A veteran shall only be eligible for a waiver if the veteran is not eligible for or has exhausted any other available federal or state sources of financial assistance for such tuition and fees. The institution shall prorate the waiver to cover any difference between other federal or state financial assistance obtained and the amount of such tuition and fees.

Senate subcommittee · named March 9, 2026

• Sen. Sandy Salmon (R) · sandy.salmon@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D) · bill.dotzler@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Mike Pike (R) · mike.pike@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Veterans of Foreign Wars; Department of Iowa

In plain words

1. February 16, 2026Filed in the House
2. March 4, 2026Passed the House, 97–0
3. March 5, 2026Arrived in the Senate
4. March 9, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Salmon, Dotzler and Pike
5. March 17, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
6. March 17, 2026Approved by the Senate committee
7. March 30, 2026Passed the Senate, 46–0
8. April 30, 2026Sent to the Governor
9. April 30, 2026Signed into law