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Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SF 2116: A bill for an act relating to open enrollment, including by modifying provisions related to the open enrollment of pupils who are truant or chronically absent and children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SF 2116 is a bill introduced in the Iowa Senate on January 27, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act relating to open enrollment, including by modifying provisions related to the open enrollment of pupils who are truant or chronically absent and children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions. Primary sponsor: Lynn Evans (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 17, 2026): Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2351.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lynn EvansPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate3

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2351.
  2. Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
  3. Subcommittee Meeting: 02/11/2026 12:30PM Room G15.
  4. Subcommittee: Evans, Shipley, and Trone Garriott.
  5. Introduced, referred to Education.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source