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IowaHF 44091st General Assembly (2025–2026)HouseWALLET
A bill for an act relating to tuition, degree programs, employment, and related matters pertaining to students enrolled at regents institutions. (Formerly HSB 51.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Signed by Governor
education
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Work-study with employer-paid tuition
Each Regents university starts at least one work-study program. You work part time while earning your degree. During semesters you are employed by a participating employer, that employer pays your tuition and mandatory fees. This requirement starts July 1, 2025.
Earlier, clearer tuition decisions at Regents schools
The Board of Regents must give student government leaders written notice at least 30 days before any vote to raise tuition or fees, with the amount and the draft memo. Final decisions on tuition and mandatory fees happen at a regular meeting by April 30 for the next fiscal year. That meeting must be in Ames, Cedar Falls, or Iowa City, and not during holidays or class breaks. The final docket memo must show the estimated total cost to attend each school. These rules start July 1, 2025.
Three-year bachelor's degree options
Each Regents university begins work to offer at least one bachelor's degree you can finish in three years. The law does not set curricula or guarantee lower tuition. This requirement starts July 1, 2025.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/23/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 48 • No: 0
House vote • 3/18/2025
Passed House
Yes: 64 • No: 33
legislature vote • 3/18/2025
Amendment H-1084
Yes: 63 • No: 34
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
5/6/2025GovernorReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
5/6/2025SenateMessage from Senate.
4/23/2025SenateImmediate message.
4/23/2025legislaturePassed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0.
4/23/2025SenatePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
4/10/2025legislaturePlaced on calendar.
4/7/2025legislatureCommittee report, recommending passage.
4/7/2025legislatureFiscal note.
4/3/2025legislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
3/27/2025legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 03/27/2025 11:30AM Lobbyist Lounge.
3/26/2025legislatureSubcommittee: Green, Campbell, and Quirmbach.
3/26/2025legislatureRead first time, referred to Education.
3/19/2025legislatureMessage from House.
3/19/2025HouseImmediate message.
3/18/2025legislaturePassed House, yeas 64, nays 33.
3/18/2025HouseAmendment H-1084, yeas 63, nays 34, adopted.
3/18/2025legislatureAmendment H-1112 to amendment H-1084 filed, withdrawn.
3/18/2025legislatureAmendment H-1113 to amendment H-1084 filed, withdrawn.
3/18/2025legislatureMotion to suspend rules failed.
3/18/2025legislatureMotion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1099, yeas 33, nays 64.
3/18/2025legislaturePoint of order raised on amendment H-1099, ruled not germane.
3/18/2025legislatureFiscal note.
3/17/2025legislatureAmendment H-1099 filed.
3/17/2025legislatureAmendment H-1084 filed.
3/13/2025legislature
Bill Text
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