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Iowa HouseHF 401

Providing for general education requirements for undergraduate students at regents institutions and including applicability provisions

Passed 61–36Party-line

What it does: Requires regents universities to set general education requirements totaling at most 37 credit hours, including western and American heritage, and bars those courses from distorting historical events or teaching identity politics or that systemic racism or privilege is inherent in U.S. or Iowa institutions. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall the bill pass?

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The tally

Yes 61 · No 36 · Not voting 2

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats0330
Republicans6132

Most Democrats voted no; most Republicans voted yes. 3 members voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (99)

Yes 61

No 36

Not voting 2

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.