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Requiring reporting by regents institutions of funding from certain foreign sources and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the House Higher Education Committee
Topics:Higher education
Same legislation: HSB 54
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 22, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill requires each regents institution to prepare a report annually by December that includes specified information on certain funding received from foreign sources, as defined in the bill. This information includes the amount, type, and purposes of the funding and a description of the foreign source. The bill requires each institution to post the report required on the institution’s internet site, provide the report to the governor and the general assembly, and update the report regularly.
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The report and updates are public records. The bill authorizes the attorney general to bring an action against a regents institution for a writ of mandamus to compel the institution to comply with the bill. The bill does not require reporting of payments made by a natural person who would otherwise qualify as a foreign source for tuition or related fees to support an individual matriculating as a student at a regents institution. The bill takes effect January 1, 2026.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
House subcommittee
Named January 22, 2025 (as HSB 54). On February 12, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
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