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

HSB 30: Requiring students to pass the United States citizenship and immigration services naturalization civics test as a condition of high school graduation and high school equivalency diplomas

Became HF 165 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill requires students to pass the United States citizenship and immigration services naturalization civics test as a condition of high school graduation and high school equivalency diplomas. The bill provides that the board of directors of each local public school district and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school are to require, commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2026, all students in grades through to attain, as a condition of graduation, a passing score on an assessment that consists of the multiple choice questions contained in the most recent version of the civics test developed by the United States citizenship and immigration services.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 15, 2025

  • Rep. Bob Henderson (R) · robert.henderson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Barb Kniff McCulla (R) · barb.kniffmcculla@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Elinor A. Levin (D) · elinor.levin@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 8 for, 9 against

For: Alliance for Civic Education of Iowa; Cicero Action; Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; PELLA PAC; Professional Educators of Iowa; VALOR Iowa

Against: Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association of Christian Schools; Iowa Association of Community College Trustees; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa State Education Association; Personal Interest- Tony Thompson; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 15, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
  2. January 15, 2025House subcommittee named: Henderson, Kniff McCulla and Levin
  3. January 22, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. January 28, 2025Approved by the House committee
  5. January 28, 2025Committee vote: 14–8
  6. January 30, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 165

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/HSB30