---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to open enrollment, student transfers, and interscholastic athletic eligibility requirements, and including effective date provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to open enrollment, student transfers, and interscholastic athletic eligibility requirements, and including effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 2591"
citation: "Iowa HF 2591 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["athletics", "open enrollment", "school districts", "students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-18"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fb2bfcc-ce8e-43e9-9996-1c9c8613a076"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2591&ga=91"
source_hash: "8a800e6bfa02ea4d08dd6eb16619aa7af50b6ce63d073dfd68bb611298bf8d7a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa HF 2591 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to open enrollment, student transfers, and interscholastic athletic eligibility requirements, and including effective date provisions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/HF2591.html)
2. **Amendment H-8283** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8283.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8305** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8305.pdf)
4. **Amendment S-5103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S5103.pdf)
5. **Amendment S-5169** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S5169.pdf)
6. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF2591.html)
7. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF2591_GovLetter.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF2591.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Shall the motion to concur be adopted? — **35–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-02-18** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2026-03-02** Passed House, yeas 90, nays 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Immediate message.
- **2026-03-03** Message from House.
- **2026-03-03** Read first time, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** Subcommittee: Shipley, Gruenhagen, and Zimmer.
- **2026-03-11** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/12/2026 8:30AM Senate Lounge.
- **2026-03-12** Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
- **2026-03-17** Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-17** Amendment S-5103 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-17** Placed on calendar.
- **2026-03-26** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2026-04-01** Amendment S-5103 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-01** Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0. `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Immediate message.
- **2026-04-01** Message from Senate.
- **2026-04-01** Senate amendment H-8283 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-06** Amendment H-8305 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-07** Amendment H-8305 to Senate amendment H-8283 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-07** House concurred with Senate amendment H-8283 as House amended.
- **2026-04-07** Passed House, yeas 93, nays 0. `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Immediate message.
- **2026-04-08** Message from House, with amendment S-5169.
- **2026-04-14** Senate concurred with S-5169.
- **2026-04-14** Passed Senate, yeas 43, nays 4. `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Immediate message.
- **2026-04-14** Message from Senate.
- **2026-05-06** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2026-06-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fb2bfcc-ce8e-43e9-9996-1c9c8613a076`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).