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SF 141

A bill for an act relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Dan Zumbach

Requires public schools and sponsoring organizations to accept cash for entry into interscholastic athletic contests as a condition of participation and registration.

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 274.
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Bill Summary · SF 141

Summary of SF 141 (renumbered SF 274)

Overview

  • Bill: SF 141 (renumbered later as SF 274)
  • Title: A bill relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition
  • Purpose: Require acceptance of legal tender (cash) for entry into extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions, by both public schools and the sponsoring organizations, as a condition of participation or registration.
  • Sponsor: Zumbach (primary)
  • Introduced: January 27, 2025
  • Current status: Committee report approving bill; renumbered as SF 274 (as of February 12, 2025)

Key Provisions

  • New Section 280.13D creates a rule governing payments for entry into extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions sponsored by organizations.
  • Definitions: “Organization” is defined as the same entity used in section 280.13.
  • Public schools: Shall accept legal tender as a form of payment for entry into any extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition sponsored by an organization.
  • Organizations (as a condition of registration with the Department of Education under section 280.13): Shall accept legal tender as a form of payment for entry into any extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition sponsored by the organization.
  • The accompanying explanation clarifies substance but is not itself an agreement of the General Assembly. It reiterates the cash-acceptance requirement for both schools and organizations and ties it to the registration process with the Department of Education.

Affected Parties

  • Public schools: Must accept cash for entry into extracurricular interscholastic athletic events.
  • Extracurricular interscholastic athletic organizations: Must accept cash as a form of payment for entry into events they sponsor, as a condition of their registration with the Department of Education (under section 280.13).
  • Students, parents, and participants: Potential beneficiaries through guaranteed cash payment options for event entry.

Procedural Timeline

  • 2025-01-27: Introduced (SF 141) and referred to Education.
  • 2025-01-28: Subcommittee (Shipley, Pike, Staed) designation.
  • 2025-02-04: Subcommittee meeting (02/05/2025 agenda noted).
  • 2025-02-05: Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
  • 2025-02-12: Committee report approving bill; renumbered as SF 274.

Practical Considerations

  • The bill explicitly mandates acceptance of legal tender (cash) but does not specify other payment methods (e.g., checks, debit/credit cards, digital wallets). It does not outline penalties for noncompliance in the excerpt provided.
  • By tying the cash-acceptance requirement to the organization’s registration with the Department of Education, the bill creates an accountability mechanism linked to organizational participation in the state’s interscholastic athletic framework.

Next Steps

  • If the committee-reported bill (renumbered SF 274) advances, it would proceed through additional legislative stages for final passage and potential signature into law.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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