All Roll Calls
Yes: 126 • No: 104
IowaSF 36991st General Assembly (2025–2026)SenateWALLET
A bill for an act requiring students to pass the United States citizenship and immigration services naturalization civics test as a condition of high school graduation and high school equivalency diplomas. (Formerly SSB 1030.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Signed by Governor
Your PRIA Score
Score Hidden
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this bill and every other piece of legislation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
High schoolers must pass civics test
Beginning July 1, 2026, Iowa students in grades 9–12 must pass a civics test to graduate. Schools must use the most recent U.S. citizenship civics test. The state develops and updates the test, including by January 31 after each presidential election, starting July 1, 2025. A passing score is at least 60%, and students can retake it as many times as needed. Schools cannot charge a test fee. Schools may modify the test for students with IEPs or 504 plans, create an alternate test for significant intellectual disability, and modify for English learners. These rules apply to public, accredited nonpublic, charter, and innovation‑zone schools.
Equivalency diplomas require civics test
Beginning July 1, 2025, you must pass the state’s civics test to get a high school equivalency diploma in Iowa. You also must show skills in reading, language arts, literacy, math, science, and social studies.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/17/2025
Passed House
Yes: 60 • No: 33
legislature vote • 4/17/2025
Amendment H-1241
Yes: 28 • No: 64
Senate vote • 4/14/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 38 • No: 7
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
5/27/2025GovernorReported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
5/19/2025SenateExplanation of vote.
4/24/2025legislatureMessage from House.
4/21/2025HouseImmediate message.
4/17/2025legislaturePassed House, yeas 60, nays 33.
4/17/2025HouseAmendment H-1241, yeas 28, nays 64, lost.
4/17/2025legislatureAmendment H-1228, yeas 30, nays 62, lost, as amended.
4/17/2025legislatureAmendment H-1254 to amendment H-1228 filed, adopted.
4/17/2025legislatureMotion to suspend rules failed.
4/17/2025legislatureMotion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1239, yeas 30, nays 61.
4/17/2025legislaturePoint of order raised on amendment H-1239, ruled not germane.
4/17/2025legislatureAmendment H-1231 withdrawn.
4/17/2025legislatureSubstituted for HF 165.
4/17/2025legislatureAmendments H-1239 and H-1241 filed.
4/16/2025legislatureAmendments H-1228 and H-1231 filed.
4/15/2025legislatureRead first time, passed on file.
4/15/2025legislatureMessage from Senate.
4/15/2025SenateImmediate message.
4/14/2025legislaturePassed Senate, yeas 38, nays 7.
4/14/2025SenateAmendment S-3096 filed, adopted.
4/14/2025legislatureAmendment S-3099 filed, lost.
4/14/2025legislaturePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
4/3/2025legislatureCommittee report, approving bill.
2/19/2025legislatureIntroduced, placed on calendar.
2/19/2025legislature
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
Related Bills
SF 2411 — A bill for an act establishing an Iowa-Ireland trade commission. (Formerly SF 2268.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
HF 2357 — A bill for an act relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and establish Code editor directives. (Formerly HSB 615.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
HF 2619 — A bill for an act creating the uniform family law arbitration Act. (Formerly HF 2277.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
HF 2680 — A bill for an act relating to certified medication aides. (Formerly HSB 729.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
HF 2227 — A bill for an act relating to land restoration following the initial construction of electric transmission lines, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 526.) Effective date: 04/16/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2024.
HF 2500 — A bill for an act relating to contracts entered into by state agencies and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 583.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026.