HF 204 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of education to provide technical assistance to school districts related to chartering career and technical student organizations related to robotics and authorizing high school athletic organizations to sponsor interscholastic contests related to robotics.

HF 204 requires Iowa's Department of Education to provide technical assistance to school districts for starting career-focused robotics clubs that comply with federal education rules. It also allows high school athletic organizations to sponsor robotics competitions using school district or state funds. The bill specifically supports robotics teams and competitions under existing career and technical education frameworks. This directly affects school districts, athletic organizations, and students participating in robotics programs.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 7, 2025
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Total actions
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Key actions
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Committee
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Feb 20, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 514.
legislature
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 0. Excused, 1.
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Feb 11, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/13/2025 8:30AM House Lounge 2.
legislature
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Moore, T., Ehlert and Weldon.
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Education.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Tom Moore
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