HF2132 • 2026

A bill for an act providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at regents institutions for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities.(See HF 2491 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: RINKER
Last action: 2026-03-09
Official status: Withdrawn. H.J. 614 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at regents institutions for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities.(See HF 2491 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at regents institutions for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities.(See HF 2491 .)

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Bill History

2026-03-09 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. H.J. 614 .
2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2491 .
2026-02-11 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 17. Nays, 0. H.J. 288 .
2026-02-11 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 288 .
2026-01-28 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-01-26 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/28/2026 12:15PM House Lounge 2.
2026-01-26 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Rinker, Croken and Thompson, M. H.J. 153 .
2026-01-21 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Veterans Affairs. H.J. 133 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at regents institutions for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities.(See HF 2491 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2132

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2132

BY

RINKER

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

providing

for

a

waiver

of

tuition

and

mandatory

1

fees

at

regents

institutions

for

certain

veterans

with

2

service-connected

disabilities.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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2132

Section

1.

Section

262.9,

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

43.

a.

Direct

the

institutions

of

higher

3

education

governed

by

the

board

to

waive

all

tuition

and

4

mandatory

fees

for

a

veteran,

as

defined

in

section

35.1,

who

5

has

a

permanent

service-connected

disability

rating

of

one

6

hundred

percent

as

certified

by

the

United

States

department

7

of

veterans

affairs

and

who

applies

to

and

is

admitted

for

8

enrollment

at

the

institution.

9

b.

A

veteran

shall

only

be

eligible

for

a

waiver

under

this

10

subsection

if

the

veteran

is

not

eligible

for

or

has

exhausted

11

any

other

available

federal

or

state

sources

of

financial

12

assistance

for

such

tuition

and

fees,

including

but

not

limited

13

to

the

Pell

grant

program

and

education

benefits

from

the

14

United

States

department

of

veterans

affairs.

The

institution

15

shall

prorate

the

waiver

each

semester

to

cover

any

difference

16

between

other

federal

or

state

financial

assistance

obtained

by

17

the

veteran

and

the

amount

of

such

tuition

and

fees.

18

EXPLANATION

19

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

20

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

21

This

bill

requires

regents

institutions

to

waive

all

22

tuition

and

mandatory

fees

for

a

veteran

who

has

a

permanent

23

service-connected

disability

rating

of

100

percent

and

who

24

applies

to

and

is

admitted

for

enrollment

at

the

institution.

25

A

veteran

shall

only

be

eligible

for

a

waiver

if

the

veteran

26

is

not

eligible

for

or

has

exhausted

any

other

available

27

federal

or

state

sources

of

financial

assistance

for

such

28

tuition

and

fees.

The

institution

shall

prorate

the

waiver

to

29

cover

any

difference

between

other

federal

or

state

financial

30

assistance

obtained

and

the

amount

of

such

tuition

and

fees.

31

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