HF2079 • 2026

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

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: JONES, HORA, WHEELER, BODEN, DIEKEN and GRASSLEY
Last action: 2026-03-09
Official status: Withdrawn. H.J. 614 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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

What This Bill Does

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

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-03-09 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. H.J. 614 .
2026-01-30 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2247 .
2026-01-28 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 1. Excused, 1. H.J. 169 .
2026-01-28 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 169 .
2026-01-28 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-01-26 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/28/2026 12:15PM RM 304.
2026-01-21 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Hora, Boden and Levin. H.J. 139 .
2026-01-15 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 101 .

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2079

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2079

BY

JONES

,

HORA

,

WHEELER

,

BODEN

,

DIEKEN

,

and

GRASSLEY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

forms

of

payment

for

entry

into

an

1

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

contest

or

2

competition.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

4

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H.F.

2079

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

280.13H

Extracurricular

1

interscholastic

athletic

contests

or

competitions

——

acceptance

2

of

legal

tender

required.

3

1.

For

purposes

of

this

section,

“organization”

means

the

4

same

as

defined

in

section

280.13.

5

2.

A

public

school

shall

accept

legal

tender

as

a

form

of

6

payment

for

entry

into

any

extracurricular

interscholastic

7

athletic

contest

or

competition

sponsored

by

an

organization.

8

As

a

condition

of

registration

with

the

department

of

education

9

under

section

280.13

,

an

organization

shall

accept

legal

10

tender

as

a

form

of

payment

for

entry

into

any

extracurricular

11

interscholastic

athletic

contest

or

competition

sponsored

by

12

the

organization.

13

EXPLANATION

14

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

15

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

16

This

bill

relates

to

forms

of

payment

for

entry

into

17

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

contest

or

18

competition.

The

bill

requires

a

public

school

to

accept

legal

19

tender

as

a

form

of

payment

for

entry

into

any

extracurricular

20

interscholastic

athletic

contest

or

competition

sponsored

by

21

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

organization.

The

22

bill

requires

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

23

organization,

as

a

condition

of

registration

with

the

24

department

of

education,

to

accept

legal

tender

as

a

form

of

25

payment

for

entry

into

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

26

athletic

contest

or

competition

sponsored

by

the

organization.

27

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