Enacting the athletic trainer compact

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2026
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 4, 2026
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   Done: House committeeFebruary 17, 2026
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   Done: Passes the HouseApril 21, 202693–0
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   Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the SenateApril 7, 202645–0
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   Done: To the GovernorMay 5, 2026
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   Done: Signed into lawMay 15, 2026

Became HF 2600 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2600 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill establishes the athletic trainer compact. _____ another participating state under a compact privilege without applying for a license in that state. The compact imposes certain minimum requirements on the licensure of athletic trainers in participating states. The compact creates a commission to administer the operation of the compact. The commission is an instrumentality of the participating states. The compact includes provisions relating to the establishment and membership of the commission; powers of the commission; meetings and voting requirements of the commission; commission bylaws and rules; commission committees; commission finances; the establishment of a data system; compacting state compliance; venue for judicial proceedings; defense and indemnification; effective dates and amendments to the compact; withdrawal, default, and expulsion; severability and construction; and the binding effect of the compact and other laws.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed

House subcommittee

Named February 4, 2026. On February 11, 2026 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Jacob Bossman REmail
• Rep. Jennifer J. Smith REmail
• Rep. Dr. Megan L. Srinivas DEmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§147M.1

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

• HF 2272 Enacting the social work licensure compact
  90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2512 · very similar
  Cleared committee

Similar bills this General Assembly

• HF 547 Enacting the respiratory care interstate compact
  91st General Assembly · Signed by Governor
  Nearly identical
• HF 2498 Enacting the interstate podiatric medical licensure compact
  91st General Assembly · Signed by Governor
  Very similar
• HF 300 Enacting the physician assistant licensure compact
  91st General Assembly · Signed by Governor
  Very similar

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.