Bill Text: IA HF402 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting certain mascots in schools, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-22 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 407. [HF402 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF402-Introduced.html
House
File
402
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
402
BY
KURTH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
certain
mascots
in
schools,
and
including
1
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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402
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.33
Prohibition
of
certain
1
mascots.
2
A
public
or
nonpublic
school
shall
not
have
or
adopt
a
3
name,
symbol,
or
image
that
depicts
or
refers
to
any
of
the
4
following:
5
1.
a.
A
Native
American
tribe,
individual,
custom,
or
6
tradition
to
be
used
as
a
mascot,
nickname,
logo,
letterhead,
7
or
team
name
of
the
school.
8
b.
Paragraph
“a”
shall
not
apply
to
a
school
under
the
9
control
of
a
Native
American
tribe
and
under
the
purview
of
the
10
bureau
of
Indian
education.
11
2.
A
term
that
is
commonly
thought
to
be
derogatory
of
a
12
specific
group
or
culture.
13
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
July
1,
2025.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
prohibits
a
public
or
nonpublic
school
from
having
18
or
adopting
a
name,
symbol,
or
image
that
depicts
or
refers
to
19
a
term
that
is
commonly
thought
to
be
derogatory
of
a
specific
20
group
or
culture
or
a
Native
American
tribe,
individual,
21
custom,
or
tradition
to
be
used
as
a
mascot,
nickname,
logo,
22
letterhead,
or
team
name
of
the
school.
The
prohibition
on
23
Native
American
mascots
does
not
apply
to
a
school
under
the
24
control
of
a
Native
American
tribe
and
under
the
purview
of
the
25
bureau
of
Indian
education.
26
The
bill
takes
effect
July
1,
2025.
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