IA SF 176

enacted

A bill for an act relating to participation in cocurricular and extracurricular activities offered by school districts by pupils who open enroll for purposes of receiving educational instruction and course content primarily over the internet.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did IA SF 176 pass?

Yes. IA SF 176 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-02): Signed by Governor.

What is IA SF 176 about?

IA SF 176 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to participation in cocurricular and extracurricular activities offered by school districts by pupils who open enroll for purposes of receiving educational instruction and course content primarily over the internet.”.

Who sponsors IA SF 176?

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION is the primary sponsor of IA SF 176.

Introduced: 2025-02-03
Latest action: 2026-05-02 — Signed by Governor.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-05-02
Signed by Governor.
executive-signature
2026-05-02
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
2026-04-06
Message from Senate.
2026-04-06
Immediate message.
2026-04-06
Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.
passage
2026-04-06
Senate concurred with S-5056.
2026-03-04
Message from House, with amendment S-5056.
2026-03-03
Immediate message.
2026-03-03
Passed House, yeas 94, nays 2.
passage
2026-03-03
Committee amendment H-8005 adopted.
amendment-passage
2026-03-03
Amendment H-1217 withdrawn.
2026-02-17
Committee amendment H-8005 filed.
amendment-introduction
2026-02-17
Placed on calendar.
2026-02-16
Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0.
2026-02-16
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
committee-passage
2026-02-12
Subcommittee recommends passage.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-10
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2026 8:15AM House Lounge.
2026-02-09
Subcommittee: Gehlbach, Larson and Madison.
2025-05-15
Rereferred to Education.
2025-04-10
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
2025-04-02
Committee amendment H-1217 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-04-02
Placed on calendar.
2025-04-01
Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 1.
2025-04-01
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
committee-passage
2025-03-24
Subcommittee recommends passage.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-20
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/24/2025 12:30PM RM 304.1.
2025-03-20
Subcommittee: Fett, Gjerde and Stone.
2025-03-12
Read first time, referred to Education.
reading-1
2025-03-11
Message from Senate.
2025-03-11
Immediate message.
2025-03-11
Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.
passage
2025-02-03
Committee report, approving bill.
committee-passage
2025-02-03
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction

Versions

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Amendment S-5056Compare
Amendment H-8005Compare
Amendment H-1217Compare
IntroducedCompare
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Documents

Votes

Shall the bill pass?
2025-03-11 · pass · 47-0
Member-level votes (50)
- Alons: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson De Witt: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Dotzler: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Garrett: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Guth: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Knox: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- Lofgren: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Petersen: yes
- Pike: yes
- Quirmbach: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rowley: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sinclair: yes
- Sires: yes
- Staed: yes
- Sweeney: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Townsend: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Wahls: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Weiner: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Winckler: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Zumbach: yes
- Bennett: absent
- Celsi: absent
- Koelker: absent
Shall the bill pass?
2026-04-06 · pass · 47-0
Member-level votes (51)
- Alons: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Dotzler: yes
- Drey: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Guth: yes
- Hardman: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Knox: yes
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- Lofgren: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Petersen: yes
- Pike: yes
- Quirmbach: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sinclair: yes
- Sires: yes
- Staed: yes
- Sweeney: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Townsend: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Weiner: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Winckler: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Zumbach: yes
- Garrett: absent
- Rowley: absent
- Wahls: absent

Related bills

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Official source

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 176&ga=91

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