Iowa · Bill 280 · 91st General Assembly

A bill for an act relating to students who attend a course in religious instruction that is provided by a private organization, including by…

SF 280 Sponsored by Jesse Green Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 12, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 12, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

A bill for an act relating to students who attend a course in religious instruction that is provided by a private organization, including by modifying provisions related to compulsory education and chronic absenteeism and allowing school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to adopt policies related to awarding academic credit for the completion of a course in religious instruction.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced, referred to Education. S.J. 252. · Senate Education
  2. CommitteeSubcommittee: Green, Pike, and Trone Garriott. · Senate Education
  3. CommitteeSubcommittee Meeting: 02/27/2025 8:00AM Room 217 Conference Room. · Senate Education
  4. CommitteeSubcommittee recommends passage. · Senate Education

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Iowa's official records (www.legis.iowa.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.