SF 273 (LSB 1449SV (4) 91)

RELATING TO MANDATORY REPORTING TO THE BOARD OF  EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS OF LICENSED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WHO  ENGAGE IN GROOMING BEHAVIOR TOWARD STUDENTS. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256.160, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  “Grooming behavior” means any pattern of behavior, which in light of all relevant circumstances, constitutes actions to entice or entrap a student or students with the intent to make take advantage of such student or students engage for the 

benefit of the individual engaging in the pattern of behavior, including but not limited to by engaging in a sex act with the student.

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AMY SINCLAIR
President of the Senate

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PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 273, Ninety-first General Assembly.

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W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate

Approved _______________, 2026

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor