House File 2039 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2039 BY INGELS A BILL FOR An Act relating to certain athletic competitions between 1 institutions of higher education governed by the state board 2 of regents. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5464YH (3) 89 dg/jh

H.F. 2039 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 262.101 National collegiate 1 athletic association competitions between regents institutions. 2 1. An institution of higher education under the board’s 3 control that participates in intercollegiate athletics 4 sanctioned by the national collegiate athletic association 5 shall schedule to compete against each other institution of 6 higher education under the board’s control that participates in 7 intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the national collegiate 8 athletic association at least one time each year in each sport 9 that the national collegiate athletic association sanctions and 10 that both institutions of higher education participate. 11 2. In making schedules or making contractual obligations 12 that affect schedules for athletics sanctioned by the 13 national collegiate athletic association, the institutions 14 of higher education under the board’s control shall 15 prioritize competitions against private in-state colleges and 16 universities over competitions against out-of-state colleges 17 and universities when both the institution of higher education 18 under the board’s control and in-state college or university 19 compete in the same national collegiate athletic association 20 division. 21 3. If an institution of higher education under the board’s 22 control is scheduled to compete against another institution 23 of higher education under the board’s control that is not in 24 the same national collegiate athletic association division or 25 subdivision, the competition shall take place at the athletic 26 facility of the institution of higher education under the 27 board’s control considered to be in the higher division or 28 subdivision. 29 Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION. An institution of higher education 30 is not required to comply with the requirements of this Act to 31 the extent that doing so would cause the institution to breach 32 a contractual obligation that the institution entered into 33 prior to the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this 34 section, a contract renewed on or after the effective date of 35 -1- LSB 5464YH (3) 89 dg/jh 1/ 2

H.F. 2039 this Act is considered to be a new contract as of the renewal 1 date. 2 EXPLANATION 3 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 4 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 5 This bill relates to certain athletic competitions between 6 regents institutions. 7 The bill requires an institution that participates in 8 intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the national collegiate 9 athletics association (NCAA) to schedule games against each 10 other institution of higher education under the board’s control 11 that participates in intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by 12 the NCAA at least one time each year in each sport the NCAA 13 sanctions and that both institutions participate. 14 The bill requires an institution to prioritize competitions 15 against private in-state colleges and universities over 16 competitions against out-of-state colleges and universities 17 when making schedules or making contractual obligations that 18 affect schedules for the institution’s NCAA athletics if both 19 the institution and in-state college or university compete in 20 the same NCAA division. 21 The bill requires, when competing institutions are not in 22 the same NCAA division or subdivision, that the competition 23 take place at the athletic facility of the institution 24 considered to be in the higher division or subdivision. 25 The bill does not require an institution of higher education 26 to comply with the requirements of the bill to the extent that 27 doing so would cause the institution to breach a contractual 28 obligation that the institution entered into prior to the 29 effective date of the bill. For purposes of the bill, a 30 contract renewed on or after the effective date of the bill is 31 considered to be a new contract as of the renewal date. 32 -2- LSB 5464YH (3) 89 dg/jh 2/ 2