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HF2247 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition.(Formerly HF 2079 .)

A bill for an act relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition.(Formerly HF 2079 .)

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Last action
2026-03-03
Official status
Withdrawn. H.J. 523 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

A bill for an act relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition.(Formerly HF 2079 .)

A bill for an act relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition.(Formerly HF 2079 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition.(Formerly HF 2079 .)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-03 Iowa Legislature

    Withdrawn. H.J. 523 .

  2. 2026-03-03 Iowa Legislature

    SF 274 substituted. H.J. 494 .

  3. 2026-03-03 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment H-8099 adopted. H.J. 494 .

  4. 2026-03-02 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment H-8099 filed. H.J. 486 .

  5. 2026-01-30 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 189 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition.(Formerly HF 2079 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2247

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2247

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

2079)

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:

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2247

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

3.

This

section

shall

not

apply

to

extracurricular

14

interscholastic

athletic

contests

or

competitions

that

take

15

place

at

schools

that

are

not

members

of

an

organization.

16

EXPLANATION

17

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

18

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

19

This

bill

relates

to

forms

of

payment

for

entry

into

20

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

contest

or

21

competition.

The

bill

requires

a

public

school

to

accept

legal

22

tender

as

a

form

of

payment

for

entry

into

any

extracurricular

23

interscholastic

athletic

contest

or

competition

sponsored

by

24

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

organization.

The

25

bill

requires

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

26

organization,

as

a

condition

of

registration

with

the

27

department

of

education,

to

accept

legal

tender

as

a

form

of

28

payment

for

entry

into

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

29

athletic

contest

or

competition

sponsored

by

the

organization.

30

The

bill

does

not

apply

to

extracurricular

interscholastic

31

athletic

contests

or

competitions

that

take

place

at

schools

32

that

are

not

members

of

an

organization.

33

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