HF 154 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act providing for a waiver of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees and a stipend at regents institutions for Iowa residents who receive the maximum score on certain standardized tests.

HF 154 would waive undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees at Iowa's public universities for Iowa residents who achieve the highest possible score on the ACT or SAT college readiness assessments. It also provides a $5,000 semester stipend to qualifying students. To receive these benefits, students must submit score documentation and maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation. The bill directly affects high-scoring Iowa students at regents institutions, creating a new financial aid pathway tied to standardized test performance.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Last action Feb 24, 2025
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Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
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Committee
6
Feb 24, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 577.
legislature
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 8. Nays, 3.
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Feb 6, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/11/2025 12:00PM RM 304.1.
legislature
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Hora, Collins and Kurth.
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Higher Education.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Brent Siegrist
RRepublican
IA
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