11 a.m.: The first hearing on House Study Bill 242, to remove “gender identity” from the law protecting Iowans’ civil rights, begins. Protesters crowded the hallways of the Capitol well ...
A tense week at the Iowa Statehouse has wrapped up with a controversial bill passing through the House and Senate in a matter of days. KCCI chief political reporter Amanda Rooker recaps the key bills ...
(Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press) The bill would remove gender identity as a protected class from the state's civil rights law and explicitly define female and male, as well as gender ...
Five House Republicans joined all Democrats in voting against it. The bill would remove gender identity as a protected class from the state’s civil rights law and explicitly define female and ...