All three cited sources are reachable and support the CHAMPIONED rating. (1) The Iowa Governor's Office primary source confirms Reynolds signed HF 2612 into law on March 27, 2024; both cited quotes appear verbatim (this release establishes the executive signing act, though it does not itself carry the dollar figures or the leadership language). (2) Iowa Public Radio confirms the promised outcome and the leadership: it states verbatim that "Gov. Kim Reynolds initially called for changes to the AEAs in her Condition of the State Address at the start of the session," and reproduces the salary figures verbatim — new-teacher minimum rising from $33,500 to $47,500 (July 2024) then $50,000 (2025), and a 12-year-experience minimum of $60,000 rising to $62,000. (3) The Ahlers & Cooney client alert confirms the same phased figures; its cited quote is a faithful reproduction (only an elided lead-in "Under this new law," and an omitted footnote marker "(1)"), not fabricated. Leadership test for CHAMPIONED is met: Reynolds initiated the package in her Condition of the State address AND signed it into law — an executive who proposed and enacted, not a legislator casting a single vote. The promised statutory end-state ($50,000 base / $62,000 veteran minimum) matches the enacted endpoints exactly, phased over two years as the rationale correctly discloses. No overstatement, no unreachable source, no fabricated quote.