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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 educationHealth care

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 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Public schools that give out physical or electronic ID cards to students in grades K-12 must now include the Your Life Iowa crisis hotline numbers and website. For digital IDs, the website must be a clickable link. Schools that give IDs to fifth graders are also allowed to include this information if they choose.1

Read the official explanation

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. 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.

Full bill text2

House subcommittee

Named January 22, 2026. On February 18, 2026 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§279.70A

How the Code works3

Lobbying

15 for · 0 against · 1 undecided · Who →