HF 331 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act implementing requirements related to organizations that sponsor or administer extracurricular interscholastic athletics, including the creation of a conference realignment committee.

HF 331 requires Iowa school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to only participate in athletics organizations that establish a conference realignment committee by July 2025. This committee must approve all conference changes, considering factors like school enrollment, travel distance, and traditional rivalries, while ensuring schools offer at least one boys' and one girls' sport each season. The bill also mandates schools maintain gender-equivalent athletic programs year-round and penalizes unauthorized conference withdrawals with a two-year competition ban. It directly affects all schools participating in Iowa's high school athletics programs through the Iowa High School Athletic Association or Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. The bill was withdrawn on March 14, 2025, after committee approval.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Mar 14, 2025
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Total actions
8
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Mar 5, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 783.
legislature
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0.
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Feb 18, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/19/2025 3:00PM RM 102.
legislature
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Wheeler, Gjerde and Ingels.
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Education.
lower
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