Bills › 91st General Assembly

SF 2220Signed by Governor · June 2, 2026

Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the Iowa statewide assessment of student progress and programs for gifted and talented children, and by requiring school districts to develop an advanced mathematics pathway and implement procedures for subject acceleration and whole-grade acceleration, and including applicability provisions

Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee

Proposed by the Department of Education · all agency proposals

Topics:K–12 education

Same legislation: HSB 554, SSB 3042

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2026
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2026
  3. Done: Senate committeeFebruary 4, 2026
  4. Done: Passes the SenateMarch 3, 202644–0
  5. Done: House committeeMarch 19, 2026
  6. Done: Passes the HouseMarch 24, 202684–11
  7. Done: To the GovernorMay 5, 2026
  8. Done: Signed into lawJune 2, 2026

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

In plain words

  1. January 15, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee · as SSB 3042
  2. January 15, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Evans, Taylor and Zimmer · as SSB 3042
  3. January 29, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it · as SSB 3042
  4. February 4, 2026Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2220 · as SSB 3042
  5. February 5, 2026Filed in the Senate
  6. February 5, 2026Approved by the Senate committee
  7. March 3, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  8. March 3, 2026Passed the Senate, 44–0
  9. March 4, 2026Arrived in the House
  10. March 10, 2026House subcommittee named: Gehlbach, Bradley and Ramirez
  11. March 12, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
  12. March 19, 2026Approved by the House committee
  13. March 19, 2026Committee vote: 14–9
  14. March 24, 2026Passed the House, 84–11
  15. March 24, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  16. April 16, 2026Passed the Senate, 44–3
  17. May 5, 2026Sent to the Governor
  18. June 2, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  19. June 2, 2026Signed into law
2026 session · second year of the 91st General Assembly
June 2, 2026
Signed by Governor. S.J. 1030. Journal
May 5, 2026
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. S.J. 1028. Journal
April 16, 2026
Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 3. S.J. 817. Journal
March 24, 2026
Passed House, yeas 84, nays 11. H.J. 736. Journal
March 19, 2026
Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 9. H.J. 704. Journal
March 19, 2026
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 704. Journal
March 12, 2026
Subcommittee recommends passage.
March 10, 2026
Subcommittee: Gehlbach, Bradley and Ramirez. H.J. 632. Journal
March 4, 2026
Read first time, referred to Education. H.J. 528. Journal
March 3, 2026
Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 0. S.J. 445. Journal
February 5, 2026
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 217. Journal
February 5, 2026
Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 211. Journal
February 4, 2026
As SSB 3042: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2220.
January 29, 2026
As SSB 3042: Subcommittee recommends passage.
January 15, 2026
As SSB 3042: Subcommittee: Evans, Taylor, and Zimmer.
January 15, 2026
As SSB 3042: Introduced, referred to Education.

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