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.
Note: Newer bills appear at the end of the list. Bills introduced in 2023 are still eligible for debate in 2024.
Last updated: 3/14/2024
| Bill Number | Context | Status | Sponsor(s) | Threat Level | Year Introduced |
| SF83 | “Don’t say trans” style legislation that would ban mention of gender identity from K-8 | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | J.TAYLOR, GUTH, LOFGREN, GARRETT, WESTRICH, ROWLEY, ZAUN, SALMON, ROZENBOOM, GREEN, EVANS, DEWITT, ALONS, SWEENEY, REICHMAN, and COURNOYER | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| SF129 | Bans medically necessary care for transgender youth, provides legal protections for conversion therapy | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SALMON | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| SF159 | Don’t Say Gay / Don’t Say Trans K-8 ban. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SALMON | Low | 2023 |
| HF290 | Prevents transgender Iowans from changing gender markers on legal documents | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | FISHER | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| HF482 | School bathroom bill. Restricts students from using the restroom that matches their gender identity. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | HAYES | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| HF616 | Bars state colleges and universities from expending any money on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | House Education Committee | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| HF620 | Allows teachers and staff to misgender students without consequences | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | STONE | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| HF 180 | Forcibly outs transgender students if faculty or staff learn that a student is trans | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | 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 | Low | 2023 |
| HF597 | Prevents materials with any description of sex acts, effectively banning multiple works of classic literature | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | PROPOSED COMMITTEEON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON WHEELER | Low | 2023 |
| 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 | Low | 2023 |
| SF 2286 | Religious exemptions for healthcare providers and insurers. Allows insurers to say a procedure violates their conscience and refuse to pay. Allows healthcare providers to refuse any kind of non-emergency care. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Senate Judiciary Committee | High | 2024 |
| SF 2037 | Prevents cities and counties from restricting conversion therapy | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SALMON | Low | 2024 |
| HF 2060 | Prevents gender neutral langauge from being taught in certain world language courses | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | GUSTOFF | Elevated | 2024 |
| SF 2055 | Statewide bathroom bill. Prevents transgender Iowans from using the appropriate restrooms. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SALMON | Low | 2024 |
| HF 2068 | Social studies course requirements that spell out a requirement to lie to students about gender-affirming care | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SHIPLEY | Low | 2024 |
| SF 2263 | Forces transgender detainees into unsafe living situations | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | Senate Judiciary Committee | High | 2024 |
| SSB 3094 / HF 2409 | Legally prevents investors from favoring companies that engage in responsible corporate governance (including being good environmental stewards, caring about diversity, providing employees with appropriate healthcare benefits, etc.) | All versions eliminated by funnel deadline | Senate Judiciary Committee | Low | 2024 |
| HSB 588 | Narrowly constructs the term “woman” to attempt to exclude transgender, intersex, and other women that they assume do not fit in their vague definition | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | House Education Committee | Low | 2024 |
| HF 2082 | 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. | Defeated in subcommittee on 1/31/24 | SHIPLEY | Low | 2024 |
| SF 2095/HF 2454 | Religous exemptions – lets people pick and choose which laws they will follow | Passed both chambers, now on Governor’s desk | SCHULTZ | High | 2024 |
| HF 2396 | Allows staff to misgender students without consequences | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | STONE | High | 2024 |
| SF 2129 | Attempts to annul same sex marriage at the federal level | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SALMON | Low | 2024 |
| SF 2176 | Allows parents to file lawsuits alleging obscenity, supporters point to LGBTQ events | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | SALMON | Low | |
| HF 2389 | LGBTQ Erasure Act. Issues special birth certificates to transgender Iowans that indicate their transgender status. Defines terms in ways that will create complications for same sex parents. Writes transgender people out of the law. | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | GOVERNOR REYNOLDS | High | 2024 |
| HSB 678 / SSB 3166/ SSB 3168 | Origins in Pella library controversy over LGBTQ books. Allows city councils to take control of local library boards. | All versions eliminated by funnel deadline | GREEN | Low | 2024 |
| HF 2327 | Bans DEI initiatives at public universities, adds two legislators to the Board of Regents | Ineligible for debate due to funnel deadline | GRASSLEY, COLLINS,NORDMAN, WHEELER, HORA, GEHLBACH, HOLT, KAUFMANN,BODEN,BOSSMAN, HAYES,THOMSON,GERHOLD,JOHNSON,STOLTENBERG,KNIFF, MCCULLA,DUNWELL,GUSTOFF,FISHER,OSMUNDSON,DETERMANN,RINKER,STONE,WULF,CARLSON,SHIPLEY,BEST,BRADLEY, P.THOMPSON, MEGGERS, WILLS, HENDERSON, , MOMMSEN, and JENEARY | High | 2024 |