House File 2242 H-8028 Amend House File 2242 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 2 < DIVISION I 3 ELECTION OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS 4 Section 1. Section 262.1, Code 2026, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 262.1 Membership. 7 The state board of regents consists of nine members, eight 8 of whom shall be selected from the state at large solely with 9 regard to their qualifications and fitness to discharge the 10 duties of the office elected pursuant to section 262.3 . The 11 ninth member shall be appointed by the elected members of the 12 board and shall be a student enrolled on a full-time basis in 13 good standing at either the graduate or undergraduate level at 14 one of the institutions listed in section 262.7, subsection 1, 15 2, or 3 , at the time of the member’s appointment. Not more than 16 five members shall be of the same political party. The elected 17 members of the state board of regents may, by a majority vote 18 of those members, remove or suspend the ninth member. 19 Sec. ___. Section 262.2, Code 2026, is amended to read as 20 follows: 21 262.2 Appointment —— term of office. 22 The members shall be appointed by the governor subject to 23 confirmation by the senate. Prior to appointing the ninth 24 member as specified in section 262.1 , the governor shall 25 consult with the appropriate student body government at the 26 institution at which the proposed appointee is enrolled. The 27 term of each member of the board shall be for six years, 28 except as provided in section 262.3, unless the ninth member, 29 appointed in accordance with section 262.1 , graduates or is 30 no longer enrolled at an institution of higher education 31 under the board’s control, at which time the term of the 32 ninth member shall expire one year from the date on which the 33 member graduates or is no longer enrolled in an institution 34 of higher education under the board’s control. However, if 35 -1- HF 2242.2844 (1) 91 je/ns 1/ 4 #1.

within that year the ninth member reenrolls in any institution 1 of higher education under the board’s control on a full-time 2 basis and is a student in good standing at either the graduate 3 or undergraduate level, the term of the ninth member shall 4 continue in effect. The terms of three members of the board 5 shall begin and expire in each odd-numbered year as provided 6 in section 69.19 . 7 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 262.3 Election of certain members 8 —— vacancies. 9 1. Of the eight elective members of the board, two shall 10 be elected by the registered voters of each of the three 11 congressional districts in which is located an institution of 12 higher learning governed by the board, one shall be elected 13 from the remaining congressional district, and one shall be 14 elected on a statewide basis. Members of the board shall be 15 elected on a nonpartisan basis at the regular school election 16 under section 277.1 for staggered six-year terms, with terms 17 commencing on the first day of January that is not a Sunday or 18 holiday following their election. Any eligible elector who is 19 a resident of this state is entitled to elective membership 20 on the board, except that a member elected by the voters of a 21 congressional district must be a resident of that congressional 22 district. A vacancy in an elected position on the board shall 23 be filled by the chairperson of the board for the unexpired 24 balance of the term as provided in section 69.12 until the next 25 succeeding regular election for school districts. 26 2. a. At each regular school election, a successor shall 27 be chosen for each board member whose term will expire in the 28 succeeding January. Nominations of candidates shall be made 29 by petition in accordance with chapter 45. Nominations of 30 candidates for the statewide elected member shall be signed by 31 at least three hundred eligible electors residing in the state. 32 Nominations of all other candidates shall be signed by at least 33 three hundred eligible electors residing in the congressional 34 district. The petition form shall be furnished by the county 35 -2- HF 2242.2844 (1) 91 je/ns 2/ 4

commissioner of elections. Every candidate shall file with 1 the nomination papers an affidavit stating the candidate’s 2 name, the candidate’s residence, that the person is a candidate 3 and is eligible for board membership, and that if elected the 4 candidate will qualify for the office. The affidavit shall 5 also state that the candidate is aware that the candidate is 6 disqualified from holding office if the candidate has been 7 convicted of an infamous crime and the candidate’s rights have 8 not been restored by the governor or by the president of the 9 United States. 10 b. The signed petitions shall be filed with the county 11 commissioner of elections not later than 5:00 p.m. on the 12 sixty-ninth day before the regular election held pursuant 13 to section 277.1. The votes for board membership shall be 14 canvassed in the same manner as the votes for state officers, 15 and the returns shall be certified to the state commissioner of 16 elections. A plurality is sufficient to elect members, and a 17 primary election for the office shall not be held. 18 3. As used in this section, “congressional district” 19 means those districts established following the 2020 federal 20 decennial census. 21 Sec. ___. REPEAL. Sections 262.4, 262.5, and 262.6, Code 22 2026, are repealed. 23 Sec. ___. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. 24 1. Membership terms of all regents board members on the 25 effective date of this division of this Act shall expire on 26 December 31, 2027. 27 2. a. At the regular election for school districts to be 28 held in 2027, and at the regular election for school districts 29 immediately preceding the expiration of the member’s term, one 30 member each shall be elected as follows: 31 (1) Statewide, for a full term. 32 (2) By the registered voters of the third congressional 33 district, for a full term. 34 (3) By the registered voters of the first congressional 35 -3- HF 2242.2844 (1) 91 je/ns 3/ 4

district, for an initial four-year term. 1 (4) By the registered voters of the second congressional 2 district, for an initial four-year term. 3 (5) By the registered voters of the fourth congressional 4 district, for an initial four-year term. 5 (6) By the registered voters of the first congressional 6 district, for an initial two-year term. 7 (7) By the registered voters of the second congressional 8 district, for an initial two-year term. 9 (8) By the registered voters of the fourth congressional 10 district, for an initial two-year term. 11 DIVISION ___ 12 PROHIBITION OF TUITION INCREASES AT REGENTS INSTITUTIONS > 13 2. Page 1, line 8, after < This > by inserting < division of 14 this > 15 3. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and inserting 16 < An Act concerning matters relating to the state board of 17 regents and regents institutions and including transition and 18 effective > 19 4. By renumbering as necessary. 20 ______________________________ JACOBY of Johnson -4- HF 2242.2844 (1) 91 je/ns 4/ 4 #2. #3. #4.