HF2246 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to education requirements, including continuing education requirements, for certain licensed professions. (Formerly HSB 546 .)

Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Last action: 2026-03-02
Official status: Subcommittee reassigned: Bousselot, Bisignano, and Westrich. S.J. 436 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to education requirements, including continuing education requirements, for certain licensed professions. (Formerly HSB 546 .)

A bill for an act relating to education requirements, including continuing education requirements, for certain licensed professions.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to education requirements, including continuing education requirements, for certain licensed professions.
(Formerly HSB 546 .)

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Bill History

2026-03-02 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee reassigned: Bousselot, Bisignano, and Westrich. S.J. 436 .
2026-02-26 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Schultz, and Staed. S.J. 418 .
2026-02-25 Iowa Legislature
Read first time, referred to State Government. S.J. 396 .
2026-02-25 Iowa Legislature
Message from House. S.J. 396 .
2026-02-24 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. H.J. 412 .
2026-02-24 Iowa Legislature
Passed House , yeas 53, nays 38. H.J. 408 .
2026-02-24 Iowa Legislature
Amendment H-8025 adopted. H.J. 408 .
2026-02-23 Iowa Legislature
Amendment H-8025 filed. H.J. 397 .
2026-01-30 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 189 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to education requirements, including continuing education requirements, for certain licensed professions. (Formerly HSB 546 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2246

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Reprinted

HOUSE

FILE

2246

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

HIGHER

EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

546)

(As

Amended

and

Passed

by

the

House

February

24,

2026

)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

education

requirements,

including

continuing

1

education

requirements,

for

certain

licensed

professions.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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2246

Section

1.

Section

256.146,

subsection

1,

paragraph

a,

1

subparagraph

(2),

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

(2)

Establish

issuance

and

renewal

requirements,

provided

3

that

a

continuing

education

requirement

may

be

completed

by

4

electronic

means,

continuing

education

requirements

shall

5

relate

directly

to

the

practice

of

the

licensed

profession,

6

except

as

otherwise

required

by

law,

and

there

shall

be

no

7

renewal

requirement

for

a

practitioner

who

has

been

employed

8

as

a

practitioner

for

at

least

ten

years

and

who

possesses

a

9

master’s

or

doctoral

degree,

unless

the

practitioner

holds

an

10

evaluator

approval

endorsement,

which

must

be

renewed

at

least

11

once

every

ten

years.

12

Sec.

2.

Section

272C.2,

subsection

2,

Code

2026,

is

amended

13

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

14

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

i.

Not

include

any

requirements

that

are

not

15

directly

related

to

the

practice

of

the

licensed

profession,

16

except

as

otherwise

required

by

law.

17

Sec.

3.

ATTORNEY

LICENSING

——

COURT

RULES.

18

1.

The

supreme

court

shall

adopt

or

amend

Iowa

court

rules

19

for

continuing

education

requirements

for

licensed

attorneys,

20

such

that

the

rules

shall

not

include

any

requirements

that

21

are

not

directly

related

to

the

practice

of

law,

except

as

22

otherwise

required

by

law.

23

2.

The

supreme

court

shall

adopt

or

amend

Iowa

court

rules

24

such

that

there

is

no

requirement

that

the

law

school

the

25

individual

graduated

from

is

a

law

school

accredited

by

the

26

American

bar

association

council

for

legal

education

prior

to

27

sitting

for

the

bar

exam

in

this

state.

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