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HSB 608Died when the session ended · February 18, 2026

Relating to the inclusion of the internet address for the your life Iowa program or successor program on public school student identification cards and including applicability provisions

Topics:K–12 education

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2026
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 22, 2026
  3. Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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

Current law requires public schools to include on either side of identification cards issued to students in grades through the your life Iowa crisis telephone and text numbers, and authorizes a public school that issues identification cards to students in grades and to do so as well. _____ This bill requires public schools that issue physical or electronic student identification cards to students in grades through to include the your life Iowa crisis hotline telephone and text numbers and the internet address for your life Iowa on physical identification cards, and requires that the internet address be provided through a link for electronic identification cards.

Read the full explanation

The bill also authorizes a public school that issues physical or electronic student identification cards to students in grade five to include the same information. The bill applies to student identification cards issued on or after the effective date of the bill. A school that has a supply of unused physical student identification cards shall use that supply prior to complying with the requirements of the bill relating to physical student identification cards.

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, 2026. On February 18, 2026 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§279.70A

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Lobbying

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