HF154 • 2026

A bill for an act providing for a waiver of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees and a stipend at regents institutions for Iowa residents who receive the maximum score on certain standardized tests.(See HF 577 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: SIEGRIST
Last action: 2025-02-24
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 577 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act providing for a waiver of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees and a stipend at regents institutions for Iowa residents who receive the maximum score on certain standardized tests.(See HF 577 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act providing for a waiver of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees and a stipend at regents institutions for Iowa residents who receive the maximum score on certain standardized tests.(See HF 577 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-02-24 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 577 .
2025-02-19 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 8. Nays, 3. H.J. 366 .
2025-02-19 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 366 .
2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/11/2025 12:00PM RM 304.1.
2025-02-03 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Hora, Collins and Kurth. H.J. 178 .
2025-01-30 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Higher Education. H.J. 150 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act providing for a waiver of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees and a stipend at regents institutions for Iowa residents who receive the maximum score on certain standardized tests.(See HF 577 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

154

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

154

BY

SIEGRIST

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

providing

for

a

waiver

of

undergraduate

tuition

and

1

mandatory

fees

and

a

stipend

at

regents

institutions

for

2

Iowa

residents

who

receive

the

maximum

score

on

certain

3

standardized

tests.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

262.9,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

39.

Direct

the

institutions

of

higher

3

learning

governed

by

the

board

to

waive

undergraduate

tuition

4

and

mandatory

fees

for

a

resident

of

Iowa

who

receives

the

5

maximum

score

possible

on

the

college

readiness

assessment

6

administered

by

ACT,

inc.,

or

the

college

readiness

assessment

7

administered

by

the

college

board

and

to

provide

the

student

8

with

a

stipend

of

five

thousand

dollars

per

semester.

The

9

board

may

require

that

documentation

of

the

score

be

provided

10

in

order

to

qualify

for

such

a

waiver

and

stipend.

A

student

11

must

make

satisfactory

academic

progress

toward

graduation

in

12

order

to

continue

to

receive

such

a

waiver

and

stipend.

The

13

board

may

establish

standards

for

such

progress.

14

EXPLANATION

15

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

16

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

17

This

bill

requires

regents

institutions

to

waive

18

undergraduate

tuition

and

mandatory

fees

for

a

resident

of

19

Iowa

who

receives

the

maximum

score

possible

on

the

college

20

readiness

assessment

administered

by

ACT,

inc.,

or

the

college

21

readiness

assessment

administered

by

the

college

board

and

to

22

provide

the

student

with

a

stipend

of

$5,000

per

semester.

The

23

board

may

require

that

documentation

of

the

score

be

provided

24

in

order

to

qualify

for

such

a

waiver

and

stipend.

A

student

25

must

make

satisfactory

academic

progress

toward

graduation

in

26

order

to

continue

to

receive

such

a

waiver

and

stipend.

27

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