Bill Text: IA SF420 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to Native American mascots in schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-26 - Subcommittee: Evans, Kraayenbrink, and Zimmer. S.J. 367. [SF420 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF420-Introduced.html
Senate
File
420
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
420
BY
STAED
,
ZIMMER
,
PETERSEN
,
WEINER
,
and
DOTZLER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
Native
American
mascots
in
schools.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.36
Prohibition
of
Native
1
American
mascots.
2
1.
On
or
after
January
1,
2027,
a
public
or
nonpublic
school
3
shall
not
have
or
adopt
a
name,
symbol,
or
image
that
depicts
4
or
refers
to
a
Native
American
tribe,
individual,
custom,
or
5
tradition
to
be
used
as
a
mascot,
nickname,
logo,
letterhead,
6
or
team
name
of
the
school.
7
2.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
a
school
under
the
8
control
of
a
Native
American
tribe
and
under
the
purview
of
the
9
bureau
of
Indian
education.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
relates
to
Native
American
mascots
in
schools.
14
The
bill
prohibits
a
public
or
nonpublic
school
from
having
or
15
adopting
a
name,
symbol,
or
image
that
depicts
or
refers
to
a
16
Native
American
tribe,
individual,
custom,
or
tradition
to
be
17
used
as
a
mascot,
nickname,
logo,
letterhead,
or
team
name
of
18
the
school
on
or
after
January
1,
2027.
This
prohibition
does
19
not
apply
to
a
school
under
the
control
of
a
Native
American
20
tribe
and
under
the
purview
of
the
bureau
of
Indian
education.
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