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

HSB 539: Providing for a due process policy for faculty, staff, and students at regents institutions and for related disciplinary matters, and including effective date provisions

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 requires the state board of regents to develop and adopt a due process policy applicable to faculty, staff, and students at regents institutions. The policy must require each institution to affirm and guarantee to all faculty, staff, and students subject to its disciplinary procedures all the constitutional rights of due process with limited exceptions as specified in the bill. In addition, the policy must require each institution to affirm and guarantee that it will establish adjudication procedures for faculty, staff, and students with strict adherence to due process protections.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 13, 2026

  • Rep. Steven C. Holt (R) · steven.holt@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. David Jacoby (D) · david.jacoby@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Jeff Shipley (R) · jeff.shipley@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against

Against: Siouxland Bitches Get Stuff Done

In plain words

  1. January 13, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Higher Education committee
  2. January 13, 2026House subcommittee named: Holt, Jacoby and Shipley

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/HSB539