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Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SF 61: 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.

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 61 is a bill introduced in the Iowa Senate on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Amy Sinclair (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 12, 2025): Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 278.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Amy SinclairPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate12

“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 278.
  2. Subcommittee recommends passage.
  3. Subcommittee Meeting: 02/03/2025 12:30PM Senate Lounge.
  4. Subcommittee: Kraayenbrink, Pike, and Trone Garriott.
  5. Introduced, referred to Education.

Sources

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