SF 159 Iowa Senate · 2021-2022 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to educational offerings and funding by establishing a student first scholarship program for certain pupils attending nonpublic schools, establishing a student first scholarship fund, providing an income tax exemption, modifying and establishing charter school programs, modifying provisions governing the state’s open enrollment law including voluntary diversity plans, modifying the tuition and textbook tax credit, providing for the educator expense deduction, modifying provisions related to education data collection and permissible education programs and funding, making appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1065.)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 25, 2021 Last action Feb 11, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2021

How they voted

2317
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 42
Jan 28, 2021
D Democratic15
15 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican27
23 Yea 2 Nay 2
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
7
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 26, nays 21.
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Amendment S-3010 filed, lost.
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Amendment S-3007 filed, lost.
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Amendment S-3012 filed, lost.
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Amendment S-3009 filed, lost.
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Amendment S-3008 filed, lost.
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Amendment S-3011 filed, lost.
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Amendment S-3006 filed, adopted.
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to Appropriations.
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Jan 26, 2021
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/26/2021 11:30AM Senate Chamber.
legislature
Jan 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Bolkcom, et al.
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means.
upper
Jan 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Jan 25, 2021
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.