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 1 education requirements, for certain licensed professions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5208HV (3) 91 ss/ko

H.F. 2246 Section 1. Section 256.146, subsection 1, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (2), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 2 (2) Establish issuance and renewal requirements, provided 3 that a continuing education requirement may be completed by 4 electronic means, continuing education requirements shall 5 relate directly to the practice of the licensed profession, 6 except as otherwise required by law, and there shall be no 7 renewal requirement for a practitioner who has been employed 8 as a practitioner for at least ten years and who possesses a 9 master’s or doctoral degree, unless the practitioner holds an 10 evaluator approval endorsement, which must be renewed at least 11 once every ten years. 12 Sec. 2. Section 272C.2, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended 13 by adding the following new paragraph: 14 NEW PARAGRAPH . i. Not include any requirements that are not 15 directly related to the practice of the licensed profession, 16 except as otherwise required by law. 17 Sec. 3. ATTORNEY LICENSING —— COURT RULES. 18 1. The supreme court shall adopt or amend Iowa court rules 19 for continuing education requirements for licensed attorneys, 20 such that the rules shall not include any requirements that 21 are not directly related to the practice of law, except as 22 otherwise required by law. 23 2. The supreme court shall adopt or amend Iowa court rules 24 such that a person is not required to graduate from a law 25 school accredited by the American bar association council for 26 legal education prior to sitting for the bar examination in 27 this state. 28 EXPLANATION 29 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 30 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 31 This bill relates to continuing education requirements for 32 licensed professions, including those licensed by the board 33 of education or the supreme court. The bill prohibits boards 34 from adopting rules for continuing education requirements that 35 -1- LSB 5208HV (3) 91 ss/ko 1/ 2

H.F. 2246 require a licensee to obtain continuing education credits 1 that are not directly related to the practice of the licensed 2 profession, except as otherwise required by law. The bill also 3 requires the supreme court to adopt or amend court rules for 4 the continuing education of attorneys that do not include any 5 requirements that are not directly related to the practice 6 of law, except as otherwise required by law, and that do not 7 require a person to graduate from a law school accredited by 8 the American bar association prior to sitting for the bar 9 examination in this state. 10 -2- LSB 5208HV (3) 91 ss/ko 2/ 2