SF 176 Iowa Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

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.

SF 176 modifies the rules for students who open enroll in a school district to receive educational instruction primarily over the internet. It specifies that these pupils may participate in cocurricular and extracurricular activities offered by their district of residence only if the online school district they attend does not sponsor such activities. Pupils are generally limited to participating in no more than two activities per school year, unless their resident district approves additional participation. They must also comply with the resident district's eligibility and conduct requirements for these activities.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Signed May 2, 2026
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Enrolled with Governor's Action · 1 edit · May 2, 2026
MINOR
The bill was reorganized from a line-by-line legislative format into a standard enacted document structure. The substantive policy content regarding open enrollment students' ability to participate in school activities remains unchanged, though minor text inconsistencies (such as redundant 'student's pupil's') were preserved in the new format.
TECHNICAL

The document layout was converted from a raw line-by-line amendment format to a standard enacted bill format with proper page breaks and signatures.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 11, 2025

How they voted

460
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 49
Mar 11, 2025
D Democratic16
14 Yea 2
87% Yea
R Republican33
32 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
17
Committee
12
Amendments
4
May 2, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Apr 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.
upper
Apr 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred with S-5056.
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Introduced
Message from House, with amendment S-5056.
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 94, nays 2.
lower
Mar 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment H-8005 adopted.
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Introduced
Committee amendment H-8005 filed.
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0.
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Feb 10, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2026 8:15AM House Lounge.
legislature
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Gehlbach, Larson and Madison.
lower
May 15, 2025
Committee
Rereferred to Education.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Introduced
Committee amendment H-1217 filed.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 1.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Mar 20, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/24/2025 12:30PM RM 304.1.
legislature
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Fett, Gjerde and Stone.
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.