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type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of education to provide technical assistance to school districts related to chartering career and technical student organizations related to robotics and authorizing high school athletic organizations to sponsor interscholastic contests related to robotics."
description: "A bill for an act relating to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of education to provide technical assistance to school districts related to chartering career and technical student organizations related to robotics and authorizing high school athletic organizations to sponsor interscholastic contests related to robotics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 278"
citation: "Iowa SF 278 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["career and technical education", "contests (competitions)", "curricula", "education", "education department", "extracurricular activities", "school districts", "schools", "students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da49380f-358e-4ed2-883a-8a10f9b1b544"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 278&ga=91"
source_hash: "87803eb86bc391e58b6e1f433e9b6bea81bb4e535949d4842cb23f3a86aa2f67"
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 SF 278 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of education to provide technical assistance to school districts related to chartering career and technical student organizations related to robotics and authorizing high school athletic organizations to sponsor interscholastic contests related to robotics.
## 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/SF278.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF278.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF278_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF278.html)
## Votes
- Shall the bill pass? — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **46–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-12** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Immediate message.
- **2025-02-19** Message from Senate.
- **2025-02-20** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Substituted for HF 514.
- **2025-03-04** Passed House, yeas 95, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Explanation of vote.
- **2025-03-04** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-05** Message from House.
- **2025-05-19** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-05-27** 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/da49380f-358e-4ed2-883a-8a10f9b1b544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).