Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: Passed House

HF 2246 — A bill for an act relating to education requirements, including continuing education requirements, for certain licensed professions.

Last action — Subcommittee reassigned: Bousselot, Bisignano, and Westrich.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 30, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Advancing 46% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

10 added · 28 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to House File 2246 removes the requirement that individuals must graduate from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association in order to sit for the bar exam in the state. This change is significant because it opens up opportunities for more individuals to take the bar exam, potentially diversifying the legal profession and making it more accessible to those who may have attended non-accredited law schools.

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House File 2246 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2246 BY COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 546) A BILL FOR An Act relating to education requirements, including continuing education requirements, for certain licensed professions.
House File 2246 - 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 education requirements, for certain licensed professions.
TLSB 5208HV (3) 91 ss/ko H.F.
HF 2246 (5) 91 ss/ko/md H.F.
The supreme court shall adopt or amend Iowa court rules such that a person is not required to graduate from a law school accredited by the American bar association council for legal education prior to sitting for the bar examination in this state.
The supreme court shall adopt or amend Iowa court rules such that there is no requirement that the law school the individual graduated from is a law school accredited by the American bar association council for legal education prior to sitting for the bar exam in this state.
EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
HF 2246 (5) 91 -1- ss/ko/md 1/1
This bill relates to continuing education requirements for licensed professions, including those licensed by the board of education or the supreme court.
The bill prohibits boards from adopting rules for continuing education requirements that LSB 5208HV (3) 91 -1- ss/ko 1/2 H.F.
2246 require a licensee to obtain continuing education credits that are not directly related to the practice of the licensed profession, except as otherwise required by law.
The bill also requires the supreme court to adopt or amend court rules for the continuing education of attorneys that do not include any requirements that are not directly related to the practice of law, except as otherwise required by law, and that do not require a person to graduate from a law school accredited by the American bar association prior to sitting for the bar examination in this state.
LSB 5208HV (3) 91 -2- ss/ko 2/2
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Subcommittee reassigned: Bousselot, Bisignano, and Westrich.

  2. Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Schultz, and Staed.

  3. Read first time, referred to State Government.

  4. Message from House.

  5. Immediate message.

  6. Passed House, yeas 53, nays 38.

  7. Amendment H-8025 adopted.

  8. Amendment H-8025 filed.

  9. Introduced, placed on calendar.

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on · 38 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Shall the bill pass?

Passed 53 Yea · 38 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 53806
Unaffiliated 1001
Democrat 03003
Total 5438010
% of votes cast 53%37%0%10%
How each member voted (102)
Member Party Vote
Kniff — Yea
Jr. — Not Voting
Adam Zabner Democrat Nay
Aime Wichtendahl Democrat Nay
Amy Nielsen Democrat Nay
Angel Ramirez Democrat Nay
Austin Baeth Democrat Nay
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Democrat Nay
Bob Kressig Democrat Nay
Brian Meyer Democrat Nay
Daniel Gosa Democrat Nay
David Jacoby Democrat Nay
Dr. Megan L. Srinivas Democrat Nay
Elinor A. Levin Democrat Nay
Elizabeth Wilson Democrat Nay
Eric J. Gjerde Democrat Nay
Heather Matson Democrat Nay
J.D. Scholten Democrat Nay
Jeff Cooling Democrat Nay
Jennifer Konfrst Democrat Nay
Jerome Amos Jr. Democrat Not Voting
Josh Turek Democrat Not Voting
Ken Croken Democrat Nay
Kenan Judge Democrat Nay
Larry McBurney Democrat Nay
Lindsay James Democrat Not Voting
Mary Lee Madison Democrat Nay
Monica Kurth Democrat Nay
Rick L. Olson Democrat Nay
Rob Johnson Democrat Nay
Ross Wilburn Democrat Nay
Ruth Ann Gaines Democrat Nay
Sean Bagniewski Democrat Nay
Timi M. Brown-Powers Democrat Nay
Tracy A. Ehlert Democrat Nay
Ann Meyer Republican Nay
Austin Harris Republican Yea
Barb Kniff McCulla Republican Yea
Bill Gustoff Republican Yea
Blaine C. Watkins Republican Yea
Bob Henderson Republican Yea
Bobby Kaufmann Republican Yea
Brent Siegrist Republican Yea
Brett Barker Republican Yea
Brian K. Lohse Republican Nay
Brooke Boden Republican Yea
Carter F. Nordman Republican Yea
Chad Behn Republican Yea
Chad Ingels Republican Nay
Charley Thomson Republican Yea
Christian A. Hermanson Republican Yea
Cindy Golding Republican Yea
Craig P. Johnson Republican Yea
Craig Steven Williams Republican Yea
Dan Gehlbach Republican Yea
David E. Young Republican Nay
David L. Blom Republican Yea
David Sieck Republican Yea
Dean Fisher Republican Yea
Derek Wulf Republican Yea
Devon Wood Republican Yea
Dr. Steven P. Bradley Republican Yea
Eddie Andrews Republican Yea
Gary M. Mohr Republican Yea
Hans C. Wilz Republican Nay
Heather Hora Republican Yea
Helena Hayes Republican Yea
Henry Stone Republican Yea
Jacob Bossman Republican Yea
Jane Bloomingdale Republican Nay
Jason Gearhart Republican Yea
Jennifer J. Smith Republican Yea
John H. Wills Republican Yea
Jon Dunwell Republican Yea
Joshua Meggers Republican Yea
Judd Lawler Republican Yea
Mark Cisneros Republican Yea
Mark I. Thompson Republican Yea
Matt W. Windschitl Republican Not Voting
Matthew Rinker Republican Not Voting
Megan Jones Republican Nay
Michael R. Bergan Republican Nay
Mike Vondran Republican Yea
Norlin G. Mommsen Republican Yea
Pat Grassley Republican Yea
Ray Sorensen Republican Yea
Ryan Weldon Republican Yea
Sam Wengryn Republican Yea
Samantha Fett Republican Not Voting
Shannon Latham Republican Not Voting
Shannon Lundgren Republican Not Voting
Skyler Wheeler Republican Yea
Steven C. Holt Republican Yea
Taylor R. Collins Republican Yea
Thomas Gerhold Republican Not Voting
Thomas Jay Moore Republican Yea
Thomas M. Jeneary Republican Yea
Tom Determann Republican Yea
Tom Shipley Republican Yea
Travis M. Sitzmann Republican Yea
Wendy Larson Republican Yea
Zach Dieken Republican Yea

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Shall the bill pass?

Passed 45 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 18003
Republican 23001
Democrat 5001
Total 46005
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (51)
Member Party Vote
Bolkcom — Yea
Boulton — Yea
Brown — Yea
Celsi — Yea
Chapman — Yea
Cournoyer — Yea
Edler — Yea
Giddens — Yea
Goodwin — Yea
Jochum — Yea
Kinney — Yea
Lykam — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Ragan — Yea
Shipley — Yea
Trone — Yea
Zaun — Yea
Carlin — Not Voting
Hogg — Not Voting
Nunn — Not Voting
Taylor, T. — Yea
Herman C. Quirmbach Democrat Yea
Janet Petersen Democrat Yea
Sarah Trone Garriott Democrat Yea
Tony Bisignano Democrat Not Voting
William A. Dotzler Jr. Democrat Yea
Zach Wahls Democrat Yea
Adrian Dickey Republican Yea
Amy Sinclair Republican Yea
Annette Sweeney Republican Yea
Carrie Koelker Republican Yea
Craig P. Johnson Republican Yea
Craig Steven Williams Republican Yea
Dan Dawson Republican Yea
Dan Zumbach Republican Yea
David D. Rowley Republican Yea
Dawn Driscoll Republican Yea
Dennis Guth Republican Yea
Jack Whitver Republican Yea
Jason Schultz Republican Yea
Jeff Reichman Republican Yea
Jeff Taylor Republican Not Voting
Jennifer J. Smith Republican Yea
Jennifer J. Smith Republican Yea
Jesse Green Republican Yea
Julian B. Garrett Republican Yea
Ken Rozenboom Republican Yea
Mark Costello Republican Yea
Mark S. Lofgren Republican Yea
Mike Klimesh Republican Yea
Tim Kraayenbrink Republican Yea

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Shall the bill pass?

Passed 97 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 44001
Republican 36100
Democrat 18001
Total 98102
% of votes cast 97%1%0%2%
How each member voted (101)
Member Party Vote
Abdul-Samad — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Bacon — Yea
Baxter — Yea
Best — Yea
Bohannan — Yea
Brink — Yea
Bush — Yea
Cahill — Yea
Cohoon — Yea
Deyoe — Yea
Dolecheck — Yea
Forbes — Yea
Fry — Yea
Gobble — Yea
Graber — Yea
Gustafson — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hansen — Yea
Hein — Yea
Hite — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Isenhart — Yea
Jacobsen — Yea
Kerr — Yea
Klein — Yea
Mascher — Yea
Maxwell — Yea
McConkey — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Oldson — Yea
Osmundson — Yea
Paustian — Yea
Prichard — Yea
Running-Marquardt — Yea
Sexton — Yea
Shipley — Yea
Steckman — Yea
Sunde — Yea
Thorup — Yea
Wolfe — Yea
Worthan — Yea
Speaker — Yea
Thede — Not Voting
Thompson, P. — Yea
Amy Nielsen Democrat Not Voting
Art Staed Democrat Yea
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Democrat Yea
Bob Kressig Democrat Yea
Brian Meyer Democrat Yea
Cindy Winckler Democrat Yea
David Jacoby Democrat Yea
Eric J. Gjerde Democrat Yea
Jennifer Konfrst Democrat Yea
Kenan Judge Democrat Yea
Lindsay James Democrat Yea
Liz Bennett Democrat Yea
Molly Donahue Democrat Yea
Monica Kurth Democrat Yea
Rick L. Olson Democrat Yea
Ross Wilburn Democrat Yea
Ruth Ann Gaines Democrat Yea
Timi M. Brown-Powers Democrat Yea
Tracy A. Ehlert Democrat Yea
Ann Meyer Republican Yea
Bobby Kaufmann Republican Yea
Brent Siegrist Republican Yea
Brian K. Lohse Republican Nay
Brooke Boden Republican Yea
Carter F. Nordman Republican Yea
Chad Ingels Republican Yea
Charlie McClintock Republican Yea
Cherielynn Westrich Republican Yea
Craig Steven Williams Republican Yea
David Sieck Republican Yea
Dean Fisher Republican Yea
Dr. Steven P. Bradley Republican Yea
Eddie Andrews Republican Yea
Gary M. Mohr Republican Yea
Henry Stone Republican Yea
Jacob Bossman Republican Yea
Jane Bloomingdale Republican Yea
Jennifer J. Smith Republican Yea
John H. Wills Republican Yea
Jon Dunwell Republican Yea
Mark Cisneros Republican Yea
Matt W. Windschitl Republican Yea
Megan Jones Republican Yea
Michael R. Bergan Republican Yea
Mike Bousselot Republican Yea
Norlin G. Mommsen Republican Yea
Pat Grassley Republican Yea
Ray Sorensen Republican Yea
Sandy Salmon Republican Yea
Shannon Latham Republican Yea
Shannon Lundgren Republican Yea
Skyler Wheeler Republican Yea
Steven C. Holt Republican Yea
Thomas Gerhold Republican Yea
Thomas Jay Moore Republican Yea
Thomas M. Jeneary Republican Yea

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Who sponsors HF 2246?
HF 2246 is sponsored by COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION.
What is the current status of HF 2246?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 30, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
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