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HF118 • 2026

A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the national guard service scholarship program. (Formerly HSB 4 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the national guard service scholarship program. (Formerly HSB 4 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Last action
2025-05-02
Official status
Signed by Governor . H.J. 1089 .
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A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the national guard service scholarship program. (Formerly HSB 4 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the national guard service scholarship program.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the national guard service scholarship program.
  • (Formerly HSB 4 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-02 Iowa Legislature

    Signed by Governor . H.J. 1089 .

  2. 2025-05-02 Iowa Legislature

    Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. H.J. 1089 .

  3. 2025-04-10 Iowa Legislature

    Message from Senate. H.J. 925 .

  4. 2025-04-09 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. S.J. 748 .

  5. 2025-04-09 Iowa Legislature

    Passed Senate , yeas 47, nays 0. S.J. 747 .

  6. 2025-02-24 Iowa Legislature

    Placed on calendar.

  7. 2025-02-24 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 360 .

  8. 2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  9. 2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/11/2025 2:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.

  10. 2025-02-05 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Salmon, Bennett, and Pike. S.J. 203 .

  11. 2025-02-03 Iowa Legislature

    Read first time, referred to Veterans Affairs. S.J. 173 .

  12. 2025-02-03 Iowa Legislature

    Message from House. S.J. 173 .

  13. 2025-01-30 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. H.J. 169 .

  14. 2025-01-30 Iowa Legislature

    Passed House , yeas 99, nays 0. H.J. 164 .

  15. 2025-01-30 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment H-1001 , yeas 31, nays 68, lost. H.J. 163 .

  16. 2025-01-29 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment H-1001 filed. H.J. 147 .

  17. 2025-01-23 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 120 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the national guard service scholarship program. (Formerly HSB 4 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
May 2, 2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 118, an Act modifying provisions related to the national guard service
scholarship program.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sinfterely,
KimReynt
Govemor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 118
AN ACT
MODIFYING PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 256.210, subsection 2, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Scholarship Subject to paragraph scholarship
awards paid pursuant to this section shall not exceed the
resident tuition rate established for institutions of higher
learning under the control of the state board of regents—
If the amount appropriated in a fiscal year for purposes of
thio section is inoufficiont to provide scholarships to all
national guard mombors who apply for the program and who are
determined by the adjutant general to bo oligiblo for—febe
program^—the adjutant general ahall^—in coordination with
the Gommiaaion,—determine the diatribution of scholarships.
However i—scholarship awards paid purauant to this section and
shall not be less than fifty percent of the resident tuition
rate established for institutions of higher learning under
the control of the state board of regents or fifty percent of
the tuition rate at the institution attended by the national
guard member, whichever is lower. Neither eligibility nor
scholarship award determinations shall be based upon a national
guard member^s unit,—the location at which drills are attended,
or whether the eligible individual is a member of the Iowa army
or air national guard.
House File 118, p. 2
b. Scholarship awards paid pursuant to this section shall
not exceed the difference between the tuition rate at the
institution attended by the national guard member less any
financial aid the national guard member receives under 10
U.S.C. §2007.
c» If the amount appropriated in a fiscal year for purposes
of this section is insufficient to provide scholarships to
all national guard members who apply for the program and who
are determined by the adjutant general to be eligible for the
program, the adjutant general shall, in coordination with the
commission, determine the distribution of scholarships.
PAT GRASS
Speakerthe House
AMY SINQJ/AIR
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House Pile 118, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approved 2025
MEGHAN NELSON
Cler/TVDf the House
KIM'REYNOL
Governor