March 3, 2022 [Des Moines, Iowa]— Today at noon Governor Kim Reynolds signed HF2416, a law that bans transgender women and girls from participating in school sports from kindergarten through college. One Iowa Action Board Read more…
January 13, 2022 Contact: Keenan Crow Director of Policy and Advocacy Mobile: (712) 389-1924 Email: keenan@oneiowa.org [Des Moines]— With the introduction of SF 2024 and SF 2025 the Iowa legislature has hit a new record Read more…
[Des Moines]— Last night in a Fox News Town Hall, Governor Kim Reynolds announced that the Iowa Legislature was working on a proposal to ban transgender youth participation in athletics and that she believed it Read more…
Today, September 14, LGBTQ advocacy organization One Iowa Action announced its state legislative endorsements for the 2020 election. During the 2020 legislative session, the Iowa legislature released 14 anti-LGBTQ bills. The focus of these bills ranged Read more…
Today, February 6th, Senator Dennis Guth (R-Klemme) released both SF2193 and SF2194, bills that would create sweeping exemptions to the Iowa Civil Rights Act and undermine virtually every protection for LGBTQ Iowans. Discrimination allowed against Read more…
[Des Moines]—Today, January 29, Iowa State Representatives Dean Fisher, Anne Osmundson, Terry Baxter, Tedd Gassman, Thomas Gerhold, Phil Thompson, Tom Jeneary, Skyler Wheeler, and Sandy Salmon released HF 2164, a bill which seeks to repeal Read more…
One Iowa Action, a statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization, will host a Rally for Trans Health Justice on Sunday, June 2 from 1-3 p.m. on the Iowa State Capitol grounds. Friday, May 3, Gov. Kim Reynolds Read more…
On Friday, May 3, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed HF 766 (the Health and Human Services budget bill) into law. The law includes language that excludes transition-related medical services for transgender and intersex Iowans from certain Read more…
On Friday, April 26, the Iowa Senate introduced an amendment to HF 766 (the Health and Human Services budget bill). The amendment (S-3247) would exclude transition-related medical services for transgender Iowans from all insurance coverage Read more…
On Monday, March 11, the Iowa Senate passed SF 274 with a full floor vote (35-11-3). The bill would allow student organizations at public institutions to access school funds and facilities while violating equal access Read more…