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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

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

Subjects

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-03

    Introduced, placed on calendar.

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-03

    Committee report, approving bill.

    committee-passage

  3. 2025-03-11

    Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.

    passage

  4. 2025-03-11

    Immediate message.

  5. 2025-03-11

    Message from Senate.

  6. 2025-03-12

    Read first time, referred to Education.

    reading-1

  7. 2025-03-20

    Subcommittee: Fett, Gjerde and Stone.

  8. 2025-03-20

    Subcommittee Meeting: 03/24/2025 12:30PM RM 304.1.

  9. 2025-03-24

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-04-01

    Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.

    committee-passage

  11. 2025-04-01

    Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 1.

  12. 2025-04-02

    Placed on calendar.

  13. 2025-04-02

    Committee amendment H-1217 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  14. 2025-04-10

    Placed on calendar under unfinished business.

  15. 2025-05-15

    Rereferred to Education.

  16. 2026-02-09

    Subcommittee: Gehlbach, Larson and Madison.

  17. 2026-02-10

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2026 8:15AM House Lounge.

  18. 2026-02-12

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

    committee-passage-favorable

  19. 2026-02-16

    Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.

    committee-passage

  20. 2026-02-16

    Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0.

  21. 2026-02-17

    Placed on calendar.

  22. 2026-02-17

    Committee amendment H-8005 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  23. 2026-03-03

    Amendment H-1217 withdrawn.

  24. 2026-03-03

    Committee amendment H-8005 adopted.

    amendment-passage

  25. 2026-03-03

    Passed House, yeas 94, nays 2.

    passage

  26. 2026-03-03

    Immediate message.

  27. 2026-03-04

    Message from House, with amendment S-5056.

  28. 2026-04-06

    Senate concurred with S-5056.

  29. 2026-04-06

    Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.

    passage

  30. 2026-04-06

    Immediate message.

  31. 2026-04-06

    Message from Senate.

  32. 2026-05-02

    Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.

  33. 2026-05-02

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

Versions

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

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