SF 496 Iowa Senate · 2023-2024 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to children and students, including establishing a parent’s or guardian’s right to make decisions affecting the parent’s or guardian’s child, authorizing the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in a school district to enroll the student in another attendance center within the same school district in certain specified circumstances, prohibiting instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools in kindergarten through grade six, and modifying provisions related to student health screenings, school district library programs, the educational program provided to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools, other duties of school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, the department of education, the board of educational examiners, and the governing boards of charter schools and innovation zone schools, competent private instruction, and special education, and including effective date provisions.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Mar 2, 2023 Signed May 26, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 22, 2023 · House Apr 4, 2023

How they voted

3216
Passed
Total votes 48
Mar 22, 2023
D Democratic16
16 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
39
Key actions
17
Committee
5
Amendments
10
May 26, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 57, nays 38.
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
House concurred in amendment H-1271 to amendment S-3117.
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Introduced
Senate amendment H-1271 filed.
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 34, nays 16.
upper
Apr 19, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred with S-3117, as amended.
upper
Apr 19, 2023
Upper · Passed
Amendment S-3160 to S-3117 filed, adopted.
upper
Apr 5, 2023
Introduced
Message from House, with amendment S-3117.
upper
Apr 4, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 55, nays 42.
lower
Apr 4, 2023
Lower · Passed
Amendment H-1173 adopted, as amended.
lower
Apr 4, 2023
Introduced
Amendment H-1183 to amendment H-1173 filed, adopted.
lower
Mar 30, 2023
Introduced
Committee amendment H-1173 filed.
lower
Mar 30, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
lower
Mar 29, 2023
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-2.
legislature
Mar 28, 2023
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/29/2023 12:30PM RM 19.
legislature
Mar 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Wheeler, Boden, Cahill, Holt and Matson.
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 34, nays 16.
upper
Mar 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Amendment S-3097 adopted, as amended.
upper
Mar 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Amendment S-3099 to S-3097 filed, adopted.
upper
Mar 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Amendment S-3104 to S-3097 filed, adopted.
upper
Mar 22, 2023
Introduced
Amendment S-3097 filed.
upper
Mar 22, 2023
Amended
Amendment S-3069 lost.
upper
Mar 22, 2023
Amended
Amendment S-3070 lost.
upper
Mar 13, 2023
Introduced
Amendments S-3069 and S-3070 filed.
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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