Bill Text: IA HF2449 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring that human growth and development instruction provided by school districts include instruction on consent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 296. [HF2449 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2449-Introduced.html
House
File
2449
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2449
BY
BENNETT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
that
human
growth
and
development
instruction
1
provided
by
school
districts
include
instruction
on
consent.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.50,
subsection
2,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
Each
school
board
shall
provide
age-appropriate
and
3
research-based
instruction
in
human
growth
and
development
4
including
instruction
regarding
human
sexuality,
self-esteem,
5
stress
management,
interpersonal
relationships
and
consent
,
6
domestic
abuse,
HPV
and
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
7
prevent
HPV,
and
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome
as
8
required
in
section
256.11
,
in
grades
one
through
twelve.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
279.50,
subsection
9,
Code
2022,
is
amended
10
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
11
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0b.
“Consent”
means
affirmative,
conscious,
12
and
voluntary
agreement
to
engage
in
sexual
activity.
It
is
a
13
responsibility
of
each
person
involved
in
sexual
activity
to
14
ensure
that
the
other
or
others
consent
to
engage
in
the
sexual
15
activity.
Consent
must
be
ongoing
throughout
a
sexual
activity
16
and
can
be
revoked
at
any
time.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
provides
that
age-appropriate
and
research-based
21
instruction
in
human
growth
and
development,
which
each
school
22
board
shall
provide
to
students
enrolled
in
grades
1
through
23
12,
must
include
instruction
regarding
consent.
The
bill
24
defines
“consent”
as
affirmative,
conscious,
and
voluntary
25
agreement
to
engage
in
sexual
activity.
It
is
a
responsibility
26
of
each
person
involved
in
sexual
activity
to
ensure
that
the
27
other
or
others
consent
to
engage
in
the
sexual
activity.
28
Consent
must
be
ongoing
throughout
a
sexual
activity
and
can
29
be
revoked
at
any
time.
30
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