# Iowa SF 369: 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. Iowa SF 369, 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., is a 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION; status signed, last action 2025-05-27 (Signed by Governor.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-18). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF369-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-18 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Iowa SF 369 - State: Iowa - Session: 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-19 - Last action: 2025-05-27, Signed by Governor. - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (126 yes, 104 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Schools can adapt students’ civics tests: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, schools may adapt the graduation civics test for students with individualized education programs or Section 504 plans. Schools may also adapt the test for English learners. They may create and give an alternate test to students with significant intellectual disabilities. - Iowa schools get statewide civics tests: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa’s Education Department must supply covered schools with a multiple-choice civics test. It must include every question from the latest U.S. citizenship civics test. After each presidential general election, the department must update and distribute it by the following Ja… - Iowa students face new diploma test: mixed, high. Beginning with the 2026–27 school year, starting July 1, 2026, Iowa students in grades 9–12 must pass a civics test to graduate. This covers public, accredited nonpublic, charter, and innovation zone schools. The test uses U.S. citizenship civics questions and requires at least 60% correct answers.… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-17 | legislature | Amendment H-1241 | fail | 28 | 64 | | | 2025-04-17 | House | Passed House | pass | 60 | 33 | | | 2025-04-14 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 38 | 7 | | ## Actions (25) - 2025-05-27: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2025-05-19: Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Explanation of vote. (House) - 2025-04-21: Message from House. (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Immediate message. (House) - 2025-04-17: Passed House, yeas 60, nays 33. (House) - 2025-04-17: Amendment H-1241, yeas 28, nays 64, lost. (House) - 2025-04-17: Amendment H-1228, yeas 30, nays 62, lost, as amended. (House) - 2025-04-17: Amendment H-1254 to amendment H-1228 filed, adopted. (House) - 2025-04-17: Motion to suspend rules failed. (House) - 2025-04-17: Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1239, yeas 30, nays 61. (House) - 2025-04-17: Point of order raised on amendment H-1239, ruled not germane. (House) - 2025-04-17: Amendment H-1231 withdrawn. (House) - 2025-04-17: Substituted for HF 165. (House) - 2025-04-16: Amendments H-1239 and H-1241 filed. (House) - 2025-04-15: Amendments H-1228 and H-1231 filed. (House) - 2025-04-15: Read first time, passed on file. (House) - 2025-04-15: Message from Senate. (House) - 2025-04-14: Immediate message. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Passed Senate, yeas 38, nays 7. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Amendment S-3096 filed, adopted. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Amendment S-3099 filed, lost. (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Committee report, approving bill. (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Introduced, placed on calendar. (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/SF369.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/SF369.pdf) ## Related bills - HF 2801: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 785.) Effective date: 10/02/20… (signed) - SF 2472: A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions, divisions… (signed) - HF 2601: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ballot issue campaigns by foreign nationals and investigations of election misconduc… (signed) - SF 2399: A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. (Formerly SSB 3162.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (signed) - SF 2471: A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Formerly SF 2317, SSB 3121.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (signed) - SF 2299: A bill for an act relating to the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program. (Formerly SF 2176.) Vetoed 6-2-26. (vetoed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/SF369.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/SF369.pdf) ## Related - [HF 2801: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF2801-2025-2026) - [SF 2472: A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2472-2025-2026) - [HF 2601: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ball…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF2601-2025-2026) - [SF 2399: A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. (Formerly S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2399-2025-2026) - [SF 2471: A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Former…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2471-2025-2026) - [SF 2299: A bill for an act relating to the district-to-community college sharing or conc…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2299-2025-2026) - [Iowa bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/iowa/bills) - [Iowa state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/iowa) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF369-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-18).