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A House Education Committee subcommittee met on March 3 to discuss HF 543, which
requires public school districts to provide period products (pads and tampons) in at least
half the school bathrooms and includes a provision for an appropriation (July 1, 2025 thru
June 30, 2028) for the districts to receive reimbursement from the Department of Education
for the actual cost of the products.
All three subcommittee members agreed to recommend the bill be approved.
Next it goes to the House Education Committee. We need you to email the committee
members, especially the Republicans, asking them to vote YES on HF 543. The first funnel
date is March 7. If the bill is not passed by the committee by then, it is likely considered
“dead” for this legislative session.
So email now since we don’t know when the Education Committee will vote on it.
The links in this list don’t work–you’ll need to type the email addresses or copy and paste
the email address provided.
House Education Committee 7 Ds & 16 Rs
Skyler Wheeler (R, District 4), Chair skyler.wheeler@legis.iowa.gov
Samantha Fett (R, District 22), Vice Chair samantha.fett@legis.iowa.gov
Heather Matson (D, District 42), Ranking Member heather.matson@legis.iowa.gov
Chad Behn (R, District 48). chad.behn@legis.iowa.gov
Brooke Boden (R, District 21). brooke.boden@legis.iowa.gov
Dr. Steven P. Bradley (R, District 66). steven.bradley@legis.iowa.gov
Tracy A. Ehlert (D, District 79) tracy.ehlert@legis.iowa.gov
Dan Gehlbach (R, District 46) dan.gehlbach@legis.iowa.gov
Eric J. Gjerde (D, District 74) eric.gjerde@legis.iowa.gov
Helena Hayes (R, District 88) helena.hayes@legis.iowa.gov
Bob Henderson (R, District 2) robert.henderson@legis.iowa.gov
Heather Hora (R, District 92) heather.hora@legis.iowa.gov
Chad Ingels (R, District 68) chad.ingels@legis.iowa.gov
Craig P. Johnson (R, District 67) craig.johnson@legis.iowa.gov
Barb Kniff McCulla (R, District 37) barb.kniffmculla@legis.iowa.gov
Monica Kurth (D, District 98) monica.kurth@legis.iowa.gov
Elinor A. Levin (D, District 89) elinor.levin@legis.iowa.gov
Mary Lee Madison (D, District 31) mary.madison@legis.iowa.gov
Thomas Jay Moore (R, District 18) tom.moore@legis.iowa.gov
Jeff Shipley (R, District 87) jeff.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
Henry Stone (R, District 9) henry.stone@legis.iowa.gov
Ryan Weldon (R, District 41) ryan.weldon@legis.iowa.gov
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D, District 49) beth.wessel-kroeschell@legis.iowa.gov