Iowa Education Legislative Watch
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HF 2079

Requires schools to accept cash for athletic event entry

Public schools and sanctioned interscholastic athletic organizations would have to accept legal tender, meaning cash, for entry into extracurricular sports contests. For organizations, accepting cash would be a condition of state registration with the Department of Education.

Official title

A bill for an act relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition.(See HF 2247.)

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. House
  4. Senate
  5. Governor

Last action, Jan 30: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2247.

On these agendas

History

  • Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2247.House · Jan 30
  • Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 1. Excused, 1. H.J. 169.House · Jan 28
  • Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 169.House · Jan 28
  • Subcommittee recommends passage.House · Jan 28
  • Subcommittee Meeting: 01/28/2026 12:15PM RM 304.House · Jan 26
  • Subcommittee: Hora, Boden and Levin. H.J. 139.House · Jan 21
  • Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 101.House · Jan 15