SF416 • 2026

A bill for an act adopting a state dictionary.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: CAMPBELL
Last action: 2025-02-26
Official status: Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Blake, and Schultz. S.J. 367 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act adopting a state dictionary.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act adopting a state dictionary.

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Bill History

2025-02-26 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Blake, and Schultz. S.J. 367 .
2025-02-24 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to State Government. S.J. 339 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act adopting a state dictionary.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

416

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

416

BY

CAMPBELL

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

adopting

a

state

dictionary.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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S.F.

416

Section

1.

Section

1.18,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

1

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

2A.

The

Oxford

English

dictionary

is

hereby

3

adopted

as

the

official

dictionary

of

the

state

of

Iowa.

4

EXPLANATION

5

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

6

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

7

This

bill

adopts

the

Oxford

English

dictionary

as

the

8

official

state

dictionary.

9

The

provisions

of

Code

section

1.18

do

not

apply

to,

among

10

other

things,

commerce,

public

health

and

safety,

education,

11

and

communication

by

a

member

of

the

general

assembly

or

an

12

officer

of

state

government.

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