KCCI Des Moines

School bathroom issue drives bill to strike gender ID from Civil Rights Act; final vote set for Thursday

Republican state lawmakers are one step closer to passing a bill that would strike all mentions of "gender identity" from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The bill stems from a lawsuit that accuses the Iowa ...
Yahoo

Iowa gives final approval to a bill removing gender identity protections despite protests

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers became the first in the nation to approve legislation removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code Thursday, despite massive protests ...
abc27

Iowa’s governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa became the ...
JD Supra

Iowa Erases ‘Gender Identity’ from Its Civil Rights Law: Employers Still Obligated Under Federal Title VII

The Iowa Legislature passed a bill (Senate File 418) removing “gender identity” as a protected characteristic under the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The Act prohibits discrimination in employment, education ...
The Hill

Iowa lawmakers vote to remove gender identity as a protected class

Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature voted Thursday to remove gender identity as a protected class from the state’s civil rights code, sending the first-of-its-kind measure to Gov. Kim Reynolds (R). The ...
WBAL

Iowa bars local gender identity protections after rolling back its civil rights code

FILE - Protesters fill the Iowa state Capitol to denounce a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP ...