Inclusion on this list means the bill either directly targets LGBTQ Iowans, will have a primary impact on LGBTQ Iowans, or was created as a response to misinformation about LGBTQ Iowans. These are not the only bills we work on, but we consider them the most dangerous.
| Bill Number | Context | Status | Sponsor(s) |
| SF 80 | Bill to prevent schools from soliciting pronouns, outing students if they do | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Sinclair |
| HF 170 | Allows for discrimination against LGBTQ people and other groups in employment, foster care, adoption, restroom access, and more | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Salmon |
| HF 184 | Limits transgender students from participation in athletics, includes invasive “verification” requirements for a student whose gender is “challenged” | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Salmon |
| HF 187 | “Bathroom bill” – prevents transgender Iowans from using restrooms that correspond with their gender identity | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Salmon |
| HF 193 | Denies medically necessary care for transgender youth | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Salmon |
| SF 167 | Prevents discussing gender identity in the classroom unless specifically opted-in in some circumstances, totally prohibits it in others. Highest standard available…no other topic is specifically forbidden to be addressed in Iowa educational standards, and none are opt-in either. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Carlin, Schultz, Taylor, Johnson, Klimesh, Sinclair, Rozenboom, Shipley |
| HF 272 | Removes gender identity as a class from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, stripping transgender Iowans of civil rights protections | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Fisher, Wheeler, Cisneros, Salmon |
| HF 326 | Requires educators to talk about “potential harm and adverse outcomes” of transitioning | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Shipley |
| HF 327 | Forces medical professionals to add additional barriers before a young person can transition including consent of all parents/guardians, even if the child isn’t living with all parents/guardians | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Shipley |
| HF 334 | Another bill which limits transgender students from participating in athletics programs with invasive “verification” requirements | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Shipley |
| SF 224 | Prevents transgender students from using the appropriate restroom in school (school centric bathroom bill). | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Carlin |
| HF 340 | Limits the scope of protections for transgender Iowans under the Iowa Civil Rights Act, pits the rights of women against the rights of transgender people | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Shipley |
| HF 341 | Lengthens the amount of time someone has to file a malpractice complaint against a medical professional if their treatment had anything to do with gender dysphoria. This telegraphs that these procedures are somehow more dangerous to clients, and that they are more legally risky to providers, discouraging best practice treatment | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Shipley |
| HF 405 | “Bathroom bill” – prevents transgender Iowans from using restrooms that correspond with their gender identity | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Shipley |
| SF 436 | “RFRA” – creates broad religious exemptions to otherwise generally applicable laws | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Guth, Schultz, Rozenboom, Whiting, Johnson, Carlin, Taylor |
| SF 2024 | Prevents transgender students from using the appropriate restroom in school (school centric bathroom bill). | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Carlin |
| SF 2025 | Prevents discussing gender identity in the classroom unless specifically opted-in in some circumstances, totally prohibits it in others. Highest standard available…no other topic is specifically forbidden to be addressed in Iowa educational standards, and none are opt-in either. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Carlin |
| HF 2058 | Adds female breasts to public indecency statutes in an attempt to respond to an inaccurate story on an extreme right wing blog. Would have the additional effect of banning breastfeeding. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Salmon |
| HF 2054 | Restricts ability to teach about LGBTQ people in schools, treats information about LGBTQ people as somehow harmful | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Salmon |
| HF 2053 | Puts limits on the ability to teach about systemic racism or gender identity | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Salmon |
| HSB 593 | Religious exemption legislation. Lets people pick and choose which laws they will follow. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Judiciary Committee Bill |
| SF 2100 | Another bill which attempts to respond to an inaccurate story in a right wing blog about a young transgender man. Would put someone on the sex offender registry for exposing their nipple. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Rozenboom |
| SF 2101 | Yet another bill which attempts to respond to an inaccurate story in a right wing blog about a young transgender man. Would put someone on the sex offender registry for exposing their nipple. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Rozenboom |
| SF 2205 | Bill to prevent students from accessing books or taking part in class discussions about materials deemed “sexually explicit”. “Sexually explicit” is not defined. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Education Committee Bill |
| SF 2284 | Religious exemption legislation. Lets people pick and choose which laws they will follow. | Passed committees, awaiting full vote on the Senate floor | J Taylor, Schultz, Garrett, Williams, Green, Johnson, Costello |
| HF 2416 | Athletics ban which excludes transgender girls from playing school sports | Signed by Governor on 3/3/22 | Stone, Wheeler |
| HF2321 | Allows city councils to overrule library board decisions, restricts books in public libraries | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Thorup |
| SF 2342 | Athletics ban which excludes transgender girls from playing school sports, also applies to college athletes | Withdrawn due to passing HF2416 | Education Committee Bill |
Please note that these are not the only pieces of legislation we work on, this list only contains legislation that fits in the categories listed above. We are also deeply committed to preventing public money from being funneled to discriminatory institutions, addressing structural issues in the criminal justice system, ending the HIV epidemic, and more. To see all our declarations for the current legislative session, please click here.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact our Director of Policy and Advocacy, Keenan Crow, at keenan@oneiowa.org.