HF 2246 (LSB 5208HV (5) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2246

BY  COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 546)

(As Amended and Passed by the House 2026-02-24)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to education requirements, including continuing education requirements, for certain licensed professions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256.146, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  Establish issuance and renewal requirements, provided that a continuing education requirement may be completed by electronic means, continuing education requirements shall relate directly to the practice of the licensed profession, except as otherwise required by law, and there shall be no renewal requirement for a practitioner who has been employed as a practitioner for at least ten years and who possesses a master’s or doctoral degree, unless the practitioner holds an evaluator approval endorsement, which must be renewed at least once every ten years.
    Sec. 2.  Section 272C.2, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  i.  Not include any requirements that are not directly related to the practice of the licensed profession, except as otherwise required by law.
    Sec. 3.  ATTORNEY LICENSING —— COURT RULES.
   1.  The supreme court shall adopt or amend Iowa court rules for continuing education requirements for licensed attorneys, such that the rules shall not include any requirements that are not directly related to the practice of law, except as otherwise required by law.
   2.  The supreme court shall adopt or amend Iowa court rules such that there is no requirement that the law school the individual graduated from is a law school accredited by the American bar association council for legal education prior to sitting for the bar exam in this state.