HSB 545 (LSB 5022YC (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON COLLINS)

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the state board of regents to conduct a study regarding the reintroduction of VEISHEA at Iowa state university, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.
  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS —— VEISHEA FEASIBILITY STUDY.

   1.  The state board of regents shall conduct a study regarding the feasibility of reintroducing VEISHEA, the university-wide celebration that began in 1922 and was held nearly annually until 2014, at Iowa state university. The objectives of the study are to determine whether it is practical and beneficial to reinstate VEISHEA.
   2.  The state board shall submit its findings and recommendations in a report to the chairperson of the house committee on higher education and the chairperson of the senate committee on education prior to the November 2026 meeting of the state board.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill directs the state board of regents to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of reintroducing VEISHEA at Iowa state university. The objectives of the study are to determine whether it is practical and beneficial to reinstate VEISHEA. The state board shall submit its findings and recommendations in a report to the chairperson of the house committee on higher education and the chairperson of the senate committee on education prior to the November 2026 meeting of the state board.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.