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.
| SF83 | “Don’t say trans” style legislation that would ban mention of gender identity from K-8 | Withdrawn with passage of SF496 | J.TAYLOR, GUTH, LOFGREN, GARRETT, WESTRICH, ROWLEY, ZAUN, SALMON, ROZENBOOM, GREEN, EVANS, DEWITT, ALONS, SWEENEY, REICHMAN, and COURNOYER |
| SF85 | Prevents basically all data collection for statistical purposes within schools including data on the basis of sexual orientation/gender identity | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SALMON |
| SF110 | Bans medically necessary care for transgender youth | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SALMON, EVANS, ALONS, GREEN, WESTRICH, J.TAYLOR, GUTH, DEWITT, and ROWLEY |
| SF129 | Bans medically necessary care for transgender youth, provides legal protections for conversion therapy | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SALMON |
| HF190 | Removes gender identity as a class from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, stripping transgender Iowans of critical protections in the areas of housing, employment, education, public accomodations, and credit practices. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | FISHER, HAYES, M.THOMPSON, GOLDING, DIEKEN, HENDERSON,CARLSON, STOLTENBERG, WHEELER, GERHOLD, SHERMAN, and SHIPLEY |
| SF159 | Don’t Say Gay / Don’t Say Trans K-8 ban. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SALMON |
| HF290 | Prevents transgender Iowans from changing gender markers on legal documents | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | FISHER |
| HF325 | Says that you can’t have a gender identity until you’re 18 and then states that cisgender people will win any civil rights dispute between a cisgender and transgender person | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SHIPLEY |
| SF305/HF361 | Replaces word “obscenity” with “hardcore pornography”. Creates statewide list to ban books the sponsors find objectionable. Gives authority to parents, county attorneys, and the Attorney General to sue districts. Districts would be fined at minimum $20k for having a banned book in their library. Directs all school administrators to ignore the guidance of the American Library Association. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SALMON, ALONS, WESTRICH, GREEN, EVANS, DEWITT, GUTH, and LOFGREN |
| SSB1164 | RFRA w/ preemption. Allows people to pick and choose which laws they will follow based on their stated religious beliefs,also preempts local and county governments from passing any statute that would violate anyones religious beliefs. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Senate State Government Committee |
| HF229 | RFRA. Allows people to pick and choose which laws they will follow based on their state religious beliefs | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SHIPLEY |
| SF212 | Prevents state from requiring that foster and adoption placement agencies take all qualified parents. Allows placement agencies to discriminate based on their religious beliefs. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | GREEN |
| SF348 | Drag ban. Prevents any performance where someone is expressing a gender identity different from their sex assigned at birth in the presence of children. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SALMON |
| HF508 | Attempts to roll back marriage equality in Iowa | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SHERMAN, CISNEROS, STOLTENBERG, M.THOMPSON, DIEKEN, OSMUNDSON, GERHOLD, and THOMSON |
| HF482 | School bathroom bill. Restricts students from using the restroom that matches their gender identity. | Withdrawn with passage of SF482 | HAYES |
| HJR8 | Constitutional amendment that attempts to roll back marriage equality in Iowa | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SHERMAN, STOLTENBERG, CISNEROS, HAYES, DIEKEN, WHEELER, M.THOMPSON, and GERHOLD |
| HF 486 | Defines parental rights as nearly absolute, would prevent (among many other things) child abuse investigations from being successful | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | ANDREWS |
| HF327 | SF 391 | Governor’s curricula bill. Among other things, removes info about HIV transmission from required curricula standards | Withdrawn with passage of SF496 | GOVERNOR REYNOLDS |
| SSB 1197/HF623 | Bans all forms of gender affirming care up to age 18 | Signed by Gov Reynolds 3/22/23 | HHS COMMITTEE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON EDLER |
| SF482 | School bathroom bill. Restricts students from using the restroom that matches their gender identity | Signed by Gov Reynolds 3/22/23 | WESTRICH |
| HF616 | Bars state colleges and universities from expending any money on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | PROPOSED COMMITTEEON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON WHEELER |
| SF 297 | Allows healthcare providers and institutions to refuse care on the basis of “sincerely held beliefs” | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | J.TAYLOR |
| HF367 | Allows teachers and staff to misgender students without consequences | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | STONE |
| HF 182 | Chills speech on college campuses by creating a list of 51 different phrases that colleges have to report on if they teach classes containing the listed phrases | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | WHEELER, HOLT, STONE, FISHER, DUNWELL, MOMMSEN, COLLINS, MOORE, KNIFF MCCULLA, WULF, MEGGERS, BRADLEY, WILLS, JOHNSON, BODEN, NORDMAN, YOUNG,HENDERSON, GUSTOFF, WOOD, GRABER, WINDSCHITL, BOSSMAN, GRASSLEY, and GERHOLD |
| HF 180 | Forcibly outs transgender students if faculty or staff learn that a student is trans | Withdrawn with passage of SF496 | WHEELER, HOLT, STONE, GUSTOFF, COLLINS, MOORE, JENEARY, CARLSON, VONDRAN, GOLDING, STOLTENBERG, FISHER, DUNWELL, KNIFF MCCULLA, MEGGERS, WULF, SHIPLEY, SHERMAN, BRADLEY, JOHNSON, GRABER, DEYOE, NORDMAN, WILLS, GUSTAFSON, P.THOMPSON, BODEN, GEHLBACH, KAUFMANN, FRY, ANDREWS, YOUNG, THOMSON, HENDERSON, HORA, OSMUNDSON, WINDSCHITL, GRASSLEY, and GERHOLD |
| HF597 | Prevents materials with any description of sex acts, effectively banning multiple works of classic literature | Withdrawn with passage of SF496 | PROPOSED COMMITTEEON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON WHEELER |
| HF 348 | “Don’t say gay” style legislation which bans any mention of gender identity or sexual orientation from grades K-6 | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | WHEELER, HOLT, STONE, DUNWELL, MOMMSEN, COLLINS,FISHER, GUSTOFF, JENEARY, VONDRAN, WULF, BRADLEY, MEGGERS, KNIFF MCCULLA, GOLDING, DEYOE, GRABER, P.THOMPSON, WILLS, GUSTAFSON, JOHNSON, BODEN, HARRIS, KAUFMANN, FRY, NORDMAN, YOUNG, HENDERSON, HORA, WOOD, OSMUNDSON, WINDSCHITL, GRASSLEY, and GERHOLD |
| SF496 | Governor’s Education Discrimination Bill. Don’t Say or Trans K-3, forced outing, removes info about HPV and HIV from curricula, library material restrictions. | Signed by Gov Reynolds 5/26/23 | GOVERNOR REYNOLDS |
| HF731/SF560 | Education budget bill, includes language requiring a DEI freeze at public universities and creates a report that will be used to defund those offices and programs in the future | Signed by Gov Reynolds 6/1/23 | HOUSE APPROPRIOATIONS COMMITTEE |
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.