House Study Bill 531 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON COLLINS) A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting an increase in the amount of tuition and 1 mandatory fees charged to resident undergraduate students 2 at regents institutions for a period of time and including 3 effective date provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5959YC (2) 91 je/ns

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 262.9, subsection 19, Code 2026, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . d. Prohibit any increase in the amount of 3 tuition or mandatory fees charged by an institution of higher 4 education under the board’s control to resident undergraduate 5 students on or after the effective date of this Act. This 6 paragraph is repealed July 1, 2031. 7 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 8 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 9 EXPLANATION 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 11 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 12 This bill requires the state board of regents to prohibit any 13 increase in the amount of tuition or mandatory fees charged by 14 an institution of higher education under the board’s control to 15 resident undergraduate students on or after the effective date 16 of the bill until July 1, 2031. 17 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 18 -1- LSB 5959YC (2) 91 je/ns 1/ 1