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

HF 2512: Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to revocation or denial of educator licenses and certificates for publicly celebrating assassinations or acts of politically motivated violence, student protests, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

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 education, including by modifying provisions related to revocation or denial of educator licenses and certificates for publicly celebrating assassinations or acts of politically motivated violence and student protests. The bill requires the board of educational examiners (BOEE) to disqualify an applicant for a license or certificate, and to revoke the license or certificate of a person, for publicly celebrating any act of politically motivated violence, including the unlawful killing of Charles J.

Sponsors

Education committee

Cost

Can’t be estimated

House File 2512 is anticipated to have no fiscal impact to the DE. School districts may incur expenses related to extending the school calendar year; however, the amount cannot be determined. 2 Source Department of Education /s/ Jennifer Acton March 15, 2026 D…

House subcommittee · named February 5, 2026

  • Rep. Henry Stone (R) · henry.stone@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Chad Behn (R) · chad.behn@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Elinor A. Levin (D) · elinor.levin@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 3 for, 8 against

For: Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; VALOR Iowa

Against: Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa State Education Association; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 5, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee · as HSB 682
  2. February 5, 2026House subcommittee named: Stone, Behn and Levin · as HSB 682
  3. February 11, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 682
  4. February 11, 2026Approved by the House committee · as HSB 682
  5. February 11, 2026Committee vote: 14–9 · as HSB 682
  6. February 16, 2026Filed in the House
  7. February 16, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2512 · as HSB 682
  8. March 16, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

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/HF2512