SF 2231

signed by governor · signed 05/19/2026 · full text and history at the Legislature

A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students, modifying provisions related to the duties of the department of education, and modifying eligibility and participation requirements for certain education programs, preschool programs, and tax provisions, providing civil penalties, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 2060 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 01/01/2026.

Recorded floor votes

Date	Chamber	Result	Yea	Nay
03/03/2026	Senate	not stated on the roll call	30	14	PDF
04/08/2026	House	PASSED	63	25	PDF
04/20/2026	Senate	not stated on the roll call	28	16	PDF

yea · nay · per-member votes appear on each legislator's page.

Who lobbied this bill

8 registered interests lobbied for, 10 against , and 4 registered on the bill without taking a side , from official declarations filed with the Legislature. Each organization is counted once, under its most recent filing on this bill ; 4 changed position during the session .

8 for

10 against

4 no side

For (8)

Against (10)

Common Good Iowa
Episcopal Diocese of Iowa
Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund
Iowa Association of School Boards · earlier: no side
Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers
Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council
Iowa State Education Association
Rural School Advocates of Iowa · earlier: no side
School Administrators of Iowa · earlier: no side
Urban Education Network of Iowa · earlier: no side

No side declared (4)

Iowa lets a lobbyist register on a bill as for, against, or undecided — "no side declared" means the interest was working the bill without a public position on the record.