Bills / 2025–2026 session / SF 2219Other education SF 2219
Requires schools to excuse absences for school-sponsored activities Requires public school boards and accredited nonpublic schools to adopt policies excusing students who miss class for school-sponsored activities, programs, competitions, or projects. Students must also be allowed to make up any classwork missed during those absences.
Official title A bill for an act requiring boards of directors of school districts, governing boards of charter schools, and authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools to adopt policies related to exempting student absences for school-sponsored activities, programs, competitions, and projects. (Formerly SSB 3041.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
5 of 5 Where it stands Introduced Committee Senate House Governor Last action, May 19: Signed by Governor. S.J. 1030.
Votes Senate: Shall the bill pass? Apr 15 · 47–0, 3 not voting · Passed › Sen. Art Staed (D, District 40): Yes Sen. Bill Dotzler (D, District 31): Yes Sen. Catelin Drey (D, District 1): Yes Sen. Cindy Winckler (D, District 49): Yes Sen. Herman Quirmbach (D, District 25): Yes Sen. Izaah Knox (D, District 17): Yes Sen. Janet Petersen (D, District 18): Yes Sen. Janice Weiner (D, District 45): Yes Sen. Liz Bennett (D, District 39): Yes Sen. Matt Blake (D, District 22): Yes Sen. Mike Zimmer (D, District 35): Yes Sen. Molly Donahue (D, District 37): Yes Sen. Renee Hardman (D, District 16): Yes Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D, District 14): Yes Sen. Tom Townsend (D, District 36): Yes Sen. Tony Bisignano (D, District 15): Yes Sen. Zach Wahls (D, District 43): Absent Sen. Adrian Dickey (R, District 44): Yes Sen. Amy Sinclair (R, District 12): Yes Sen. Annette Sweeney (R, District 27): Yes Sen. Carrie Koelker (R, District 33): Yes Sen. Charlie McClintock (R, District 42): Yes Sen. Cherielynn Westrich (R, District 13): Yes Sen. Dan Dawson (R, District 10): Yes Sen. Dan Zumbach (R, District 34): Yes Sen. Dave Sires (R, District 38): Yes Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R, District 46): Yes Sen. Dennis Guth (R, District 28): Yes Sen. Doug Campbell (R, District 30): Yes Sen. Jack Whitver (R, District 23): Yes Sen. Jason Schultz (R, District 6): Yes Sen. Jeff Reichman (R, District 50): Yes Sen. Jeff Taylor (R, District 2): Yes Sen. Jesse Green (R, District 24): Yes Sen. Kara Warme (R, District 26): Yes Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R, District 19): Yes Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen (R, District 41): Yes Sen. Kevin Alons (R, District 7): Yes Sen. Lynn Evans (R, District 3): Yes Sen. Mark Costello (R, District 8): Yes Sen. Mark Lofgren (R, District 48): Yes Sen. Mike Bousselot (R, District 21): Yes Sen. Mike Klimesh (R, District 32): Yes Sen. Mike Pike (R, District 20): Yes Sen. Sandy Salmon (R, District 29): Yes Sen. Scott Webster (R, District 47): Yes Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R, District 4): Yes Sen. Tom Shipley (R, District 9): Yes Sen. Dave Rowley (R, District 5): Absent Sen. Julian Garrett (R, District 11): Absent ← Democrats16 yes, 0 no, 1 not voting Republicans → 31 yes, 0 no, 2 not voting House: Shall the bill pass? Apr 7 · 85–8, 7 not voting · Passed › Rep. Adam Zabner (D, District 90): Yes Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D, District 80): Yes Rep. Amy Nielsen (D, District 85): Yes Rep. Angel Ramirez (D, District 78): Yes Rep. Austin Baeth (D, District 36): Yes Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D, District 49): Yes Rep. Bob Kressig (D, District 75): Yes Rep. Brian Meyer (D, District 29): Yes Rep. Dan Gosa (D, District 81): Yes Rep. Dave Jacoby (D, District 86): Yes Rep. Elinor Levin (D, District 89): Yes Rep. Elizabeth Wilson (D, District 73): Yes Rep. Eric Gjerde (D, District 74): Yes Rep. Heather Matson (D, District 42): Yes Rep. J.D. Scholten (D, District 1): Yes Rep. Jeff Cooling (D, District 77): Yes Rep. Jennifer Konfrst (D, District 32): Yes Rep. Ken Croken (D, District 97): Yes Rep. Kenan Judge (D, District 27): Yes Rep. Larry McBurney (D, District 44): Yes Rep. Lindsay James (D, District 71): Yes Rep. Mary Madison (D, District 31): Yes Rep. Megan Srinivas (D, District 30): Yes Rep. Monica Kurth (D, District 98): Yes Rep. Rob Johnson (D, District 34): Yes Rep. Ross Wilburn (D, District 50): Yes Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D, District 35): Yes Rep. Timi Brown-Powers (D, District 61): Yes Rep. Tracy Ehlert (D, District 79): Yes Rep. Jerome Amos (D, District 62): Absent Rep. Josh Turek (D, District 20): Absent Rep. Rick Olson (D, District 39): Absent Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines (D, District 33): Absent Rep. Ann Meyer (R, District 8): Yes Rep. Austin Harris (R, District 26): Yes Rep. Barb Kniff McCulla (R, District 37): Yes Rep. Blaine Watkins (R, District 100): Yes Rep. Bob Henderson (R, District 2): Yes Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R, District 82): Yes Rep. Brent Siegrist (R, District 19): Yes Rep. Brett Barker (R, District 51): Yes Rep. Brooke Boden (R, District 21): Yes Rep. Bubba Sorensen (R, District 23): Yes Rep. Carter Nordman (R, District 47): Yes Rep. Chad Behn (R, District 48): Yes Rep. Christian Hermanson (R, District 59): Yes Rep. Cindy Golding (R, District 83): Yes Rep. Craig Johnson (R, District 67): Yes Rep. Craig Williams (R, District 11): Yes Rep. Dan Gehlbach (R, District 46): Yes Rep. David Blom (R, District 52): Yes Rep. David Sieck (R, District 16): Yes Rep. Dean Fisher (R, District 53): Yes Rep. Derek Wulf (R, District 76): Yes Rep. Devon Wood (R, District 17): Yes Rep. Eddie Andrews (R, District 43): Yes Rep. Gary Mohr (R, District 93): Yes Rep. Hans Wilz (R, District 25): Yes Rep. Heather Hora (R, District 92): Yes Rep. Helena Hayes (R, District 88): Yes Rep. Henry Stone (R, District 9): Yes Rep. Jacob Bossman (R, District 14): Yes Rep. Jane Bloomingdale (R, District 60): Yes Rep. Jason Gearhart (R, District 64): Yes Rep. Jeff Shipley (R, District 87): Yes Rep. Jennifer Smith (R, District 72): Yes Rep. John Wills (R, District 10): Yes Rep. Jon Dunwell (R, District 38): Yes Rep. Josh Meggers (R, District 54): Yes Rep. Judd Lawler (R, District 91): Yes Rep. Mark Cisneros (R, District 96): Yes Rep. Matt Rinker (R, District 99): Yes Rep. Megan Jones (R, District 6): Yes Rep. Mike Vondran (R, District 94): Yes Rep. Norlin Mommsen (R, District 70): Yes Rep. Pat Grassley (R, District 57): Yes Rep. Ryan Weldon (R, District 41): Yes Rep. Sam Wengryn (R, District 24): Yes Rep. Samantha Fett (R, District 22): Yes Rep. Shannon Latham (R, District 55): Yes Rep. Shannon Lundgren (R, District 65): Yes Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R, District 4): Yes Rep. Steve Bradley (R, District 66): Yes Rep. Steven Holt (R, District 12): Yes Rep. Taylor Collins (R, District 95): Yes Rep. Tom Determann (R, District 69): Yes Rep. Travis Sitzmann (R, District 13): Yes Rep. Wendy Larson (R, District 7): Yes Rep. Zach Dieken (R, District 5): Yes Rep. Bill Gustoff (R, District 40): No Rep. Brian Lohse (R, District 45): No Rep. Chad Ingels (R, District 68): No Rep. Charley Thomson (R, District 58): No Rep. David Young (R, District 28): No Rep. Mark Thompson (R, District 56): No Rep. Michael Bergan (R, District 63): No Rep. Tom Moore (R, District 18): No Rep. Matt Windschitl (R, District 15): Absent Rep. Tom Gerhold (R, District 84): Absent Rep. Tom Jeneary (R, District 3): Absent ← Democrats29 yes, 0 no, 4 not voting Republicans → 56 yes, 8 no, 3 not voting House: House Committee On Education Report Mar 19 · 22–1 · Passed › House: House Committee On Education Report Mar 19 · 22–1 · Passed
Close Rep. Angel Ramirez (D, District 78): Yes Rep. Dan Gosa (D, District 81): Yes Rep. Elinor Levin (D, District 89): Yes Rep. Heather Matson (D, District 42): Yes Rep. Mary Madison (D, District 31): Yes Rep. Monica Kurth (D, District 98): Yes Rep. Tracy Ehlert (D, District 79): Yes Rep. Barb Kniff McCulla (R, District 37): Yes Rep. Bob Henderson (R, District 2): Yes Rep. Brooke Boden (R, District 21): Yes Rep. Chad Behn (R, District 48): Yes Rep. Chad Ingels (R, District 68): Yes Rep. Craig Johnson (R, District 67): Yes Rep. Dan Gehlbach (R, District 46): Yes Rep. Heather Hora (R, District 92): Yes Rep. Helena Hayes (R, District 88): Yes Rep. Henry Stone (R, District 9): Yes Rep. Jeff Shipley (R, District 87): Yes Rep. Samantha Fett (R, District 22): Yes Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R, District 4): Yes Rep. Steve Bradley (R, District 66): Yes Rep. Wendy Larson (R, District 7): Yes Rep. Tom Moore (R, District 18): No ← Democrats7 yes, 0 no Republicans → 15 yes, 1 no Senate: Shall amendment S–5022 be adopted? Feb 23 · 17–29, 4 not voting · Failed › Sen. Art Staed (D, District 40): Yes Sen. Bill Dotzler (D, District 31): Yes Sen. Catelin Drey (D, District 1): Yes Sen. Cindy Winckler (D, District 49): Yes Sen. Herman Quirmbach (D, District 25): Yes Sen. Izaah Knox (D, District 17): Yes Sen. Janet Petersen (D, District 18): Yes Sen. Janice Weiner (D, District 45): Yes Sen. Liz Bennett (D, District 39): Yes Sen. Matt Blake (D, District 22): Yes Sen. Mike Zimmer (D, District 35): Yes Sen. Molly Donahue (D, District 37): Yes Sen. Renee Hardman (D, District 16): Yes Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D, District 14): Yes Sen. Tom Townsend (D, District 36): Yes Sen. Tony Bisignano (D, District 15): Yes Sen. Zach Wahls (D, District 43): Absent Sen. Doug Campbell (R, District 30): Yes Sen. Adrian Dickey (R, District 44): No Sen. Amy Sinclair (R, District 12): No Sen. Annette Sweeney (R, District 27): No Sen. Charlie McClintock (R, District 42): No Sen. Cherielynn Westrich (R, District 13): No Sen. Dan Dawson (R, District 10): No Sen. Dan Zumbach (R, District 34): No Sen. Dave Sires (R, District 38): No Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R, District 46): No Sen. Dennis Guth (R, District 28): No Sen. Jack Whitver (R, District 23): No Sen. Jason Schultz (R, District 6): No Sen. Jeff Reichman (R, District 50): No Sen. Jeff Taylor (R, District 2): No Sen. Jesse Green (R, District 24): No Sen. Kara Warme (R, District 26): No Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R, District 19): No Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen (R, District 41): No Sen. Kevin Alons (R, District 7): No Sen. Lynn Evans (R, District 3): No Sen. Mark Costello (R, District 8): No Sen. Mark Lofgren (R, District 48): No Sen. Mike Bousselot (R, District 21): No Sen. Mike Klimesh (R, District 32): No Sen. Mike Pike (R, District 20): No Sen. Sandy Salmon (R, District 29): No Sen. Scott Webster (R, District 47): No Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R, District 4): No Sen. Tom Shipley (R, District 9): No Sen. Carrie Koelker (R, District 33): Absent Sen. Dave Rowley (R, District 5): Absent Sen. Julian Garrett (R, District 11): Absent ← Democrats16 yes, 0 no, 1 not voting Republicans → 1 yes, 29 no, 3 not voting Senate: Shall the bill pass? Feb 23 · 46–0, 4 not voting · Passed › Sen. Art Staed (D, District 40): Yes Sen. Bill Dotzler (D, District 31): Yes Sen. Catelin Drey (D, District 1): Yes Sen. Cindy Winckler (D, District 49): Yes Sen. Herman Quirmbach (D, District 25): Yes Sen. Izaah Knox (D, District 17): Yes Sen. Janet Petersen (D, District 18): Yes Sen. Janice Weiner (D, District 45): Yes Sen. Liz Bennett (D, District 39): Yes Sen. Matt Blake (D, District 22): Yes Sen. Mike Zimmer (D, District 35): Yes Sen. Molly Donahue (D, District 37): Yes Sen. Renee Hardman (D, District 16): Yes Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D, District 14): Yes Sen. Tom Townsend (D, District 36): Yes Sen. Tony Bisignano (D, District 15): Yes Sen. Zach Wahls (D, District 43): Absent Sen. Adrian Dickey (R, District 44): Yes Sen. Amy Sinclair (R, District 12): Yes Sen. Annette Sweeney (R, District 27): Yes Sen. Charlie McClintock (R, District 42): Yes Sen. Cherielynn Westrich (R, District 13): Yes Sen. Dan Dawson (R, District 10): Yes Sen. Dan Zumbach (R, District 34): Yes Sen. Dave Sires (R, District 38): Yes Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R, District 46): Yes Sen. Dennis Guth (R, District 28): Yes Sen. Doug Campbell (R, District 30): Yes Sen. Jack Whitver (R, District 23): Yes Sen. Jason Schultz (R, District 6): Yes Sen. Jeff Reichman (R, District 50): Yes Sen. Jeff Taylor (R, District 2): Yes Sen. Jesse Green (R, District 24): Yes Sen. Kara Warme (R, District 26): Yes Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R, District 19): Yes Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen (R, District 41): Yes Sen. Kevin Alons (R, District 7): Yes Sen. Lynn Evans (R, District 3): Yes Sen. Mark Costello (R, District 8): Yes Sen. Mark Lofgren (R, District 48): Yes Sen. Mike Bousselot (R, District 21): Yes Sen. Mike Klimesh (R, District 32): Yes Sen. Mike Pike (R, District 20): Yes Sen. Sandy Salmon (R, District 29): Yes Sen. Scott Webster (R, District 47): Yes Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R, District 4): Yes Sen. Tom Shipley (R, District 9): Yes Sen. Carrie Koelker (R, District 33): Absent Sen. Dave Rowley (R, District 5): Absent Sen. Julian Garrett (R, District 11): Absent ← Democrats16 yes, 0 no, 1 not voting Republicans → 30 yes, 0 no, 3 not voting Senate: Senate Education Report Feb 5 · 10–5, 1 not voting · Passed › Sen. Cindy Winckler (D, District 49): No Sen. Herman Quirmbach (D, District 25): No Sen. Mike Zimmer (D, District 35): No Sen. Molly Donahue (D, District 37): No Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D, District 14): No Sen. Amy Sinclair (R, District 12): Yes Sen. Jeff Taylor (R, District 2): Yes Sen. Jesse Green (R, District 24): Yes Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R, District 19): Yes Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen (R, District 41): Yes Sen. Lynn Evans (R, District 3): Yes Sen. Mike Pike (R, District 20): Yes Sen. Sandy Salmon (R, District 29): Yes Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R, District 4): Yes Sen. Tom Shipley (R, District 9): Yes Sen. Julian Garrett (R, District 11): Absent ← Democrats0 yes, 5 no Republicans → 10 yes, 0 no, 1 not voting On these agendas Education Committee Mar 19 onsideration of bills, at discretion of chair SF 2428 Wheeler Ch, Hayes, Matson SF 2219 Hora Ch, Behn, Madison SF 2335 Fett Ch, Hayes, Matson SF 2319 Larson Ch, Stone,
Education Committee Mar 11 nt of bills SF 2218 Boden Ch, Wheeler, Levin SF 2299 Stone Ch, Henderson, Kurth SF 2219 Hora Ch, Behn, Madison SF 2320 Gehlbach Ch, Johnson, Kurth Consideration of bil
Education Subcommittee Mar 9 Discussion on SF 2219 Discussion on SF 2219
History Signed by Governor. S.J. 1030. Senate · May 19 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. S.J. 1028. Senate · May 5 Message from Senate. H.J. 901. House · Apr 15 Immediate message. S.J. 797. Senate · Apr 15 Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. S.J. 797. Senate · Apr 15 Senate concurred with S-5165. S.J. 796. Senate · Apr 15 Message from House, with amendment S-5165. S.J. 748. Senate · Apr 8 Immediate message. H.J. 835. House · Apr 7 Passed House, yeas 85, nays 8. H.J. 829. House · Apr 7 Committee amendment H-8246 adopted. H.J. 828. House · Apr 7 Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 760. House · Mar 26 Placed on calendar. H.J. 704. House · Mar 19 Committee amendment H-8246 filed. H.J. 704. House · Mar 19 Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 1. H.J. 704. House · Mar 19 Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 704. House · Mar 19 Subcommittee recommends passage. House · Mar 9 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/09/2026 1:00PM House Lounge. House · Mar 5 Subcommittee: Hora, Behn and Madison. H.J. 601. House · Mar 5 Read first time, referred to Education. H.J. 403. House · Feb 24 Message from Senate. H.J. 379. House · Feb 23 Immediate message. S.J. 352. Senate · Feb 23 Explanation of vote. S.J. 373. Senate · Feb 23 Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0. S.J. 352. Senate · Feb 23 Amendment S-5023 filed, adopted. S.J. 352. Senate · Feb 23 Amendment S-5022 filed, lost. S.J. 351. Senate · Feb 23 Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 216. Senate · Feb 5 Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 211. Senate · Feb 5