Relating to Native American mascots in schools

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 24, 2025
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 26, 2025
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the House
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

This bill relates to Native American mascots in schools. The bill prohibits a public or nonpublic school from having or adopting a name, symbol, or image that depicts or refers to a Native American tribe, individual, custom, or tradition to be used as a mascot, nickname, logo, letterhead, or team name of the school on or after January 1, 2027. This prohibition does not apply to a school under the control of a Native American tribe and under the purview of the bureau of Indian education.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Senate subcommittee

Named February 26, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Lynn Evans REmail
• Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink REmail
• Sen. Mike Zimmer DEmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§280.36

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

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

• HF 2224 Relating to Native American mascots in schools
  89th General Assembly · In committee · same title
  Cleared committee

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.