Bill Text: IA HF180 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to parental and guardian consent and information regarding the gender identity of students enrolled in a school district or charter school.(Formerly HF 9.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Rereferred to Education. H.J. 1029. [HF180 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF180-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
9)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
parental
and
guardian
consent
and
1
information
regarding
the
gender
identity
of
students
2
enrolled
in
a
school
district
or
charter
school.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0j.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
3
requirements
of
section
279.77
relating
to
prohibited
actions
4
associated
with
the
gender
identity
of
students
in
the
same
5
manner
as
a
school
district.
6
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.77
Gender
identity
——
parental
or
7
guardian
consent
——
prohibitions.
8
Each
school
district
is
prohibited
from
doing
any
of
the
9
following:
10
1.
Facilitating
any
accommodation
that
is
intended
to
11
affirm
a
student’s
gender
identity,
if
that
gender
identity
12
is
different
than
the
sex
listed
on
the
student’s
official
13
birth
certificate
or
certificate
issued
upon
adoption
if
the
14
certificate
was
issued
at
or
near
the
time
of
the
student’s
15
birth,
without
the
written
consent
of
the
student’s
parent
or
16
guardian.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“gender
identity”
means
17
the
same
as
defined
in
section
216.2.
18
2.
Encouraging
or
coercing
any
student
to
withhold
19
information
from
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian
related
to
20
the
student’s
gender
identity.
21
3.
Willfully
withholding
information
from,
or
knowingly
22
giving
false
or
misleading
information
to,
the
parent
or
23
guardian
of
a
student
regarding
the
student’s
gender
identity
24
or
intention
to
transition
to
a
gender
that
is
different
than
25
the
sex
listed
on
a
student’s
official
birth
certificate
or
26
certificate
issued
upon
adoption
if
the
certificate
was
issued
27
at
or
near
the
time
of
the
student’s
birth.
28
4.
Encouraging,
pressuring,
or
coercing
a
student
to
29
undergo
any
medical
procedure,
treatment,
or
intervention
that
30
is
designed
to
affirm
the
student’s
gender
identity
if
that
31
gender
identity
is
different
than
the
sex
listed
on
a
student’s
32
official
birth
certificate
or
certificate
issued
upon
adoption
33
if
the
certificate
was
issued
at
or
near
the
time
of
the
34
student’s
birth.
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5.
Encouraging,
pressuring,
or
coercing
a
student’s
1
parent
or
guardian
to
allow
the
student
to
undergo
any
medical
2
procedure,
treatment,
or
intervention
that
is
designed
to
3
affirm
the
student’s
gender
identity
if
that
gender
identity
4
is
different
than
the
sex
listed
on
the
student’s
official
5
birth
certificate
or
certificate
issued
upon
adoption
if
the
6
certificate
was
issued
at
or
near
the
time
of
the
student’s
7
birth.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
relates
to
parental
and
guardian
consent
and
12
information
regarding
the
gender
identity
of
students
enrolled
13
in
a
school
district
or
charter
school.
14
The
bill
prohibits
school
districts
and
charter
schools
15
from
facilitating
any
accommodation
that
is
intended
to
16
affirm
a
student’s
gender
identity,
if
that
gender
identity
17
is
different
than
the
sex
listed
on
the
student’s
official
18
birth
certificate,
without
the
written
consent
of
the
student’s
19
parent
or
guardian;
encouraging
or
coercing
any
student
to
20
withhold
information
from
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian
21
related
to
the
student’s
gender
identity;
willfully
withholding
22
information
from,
or
knowingly
giving
false
or
misleading
23
information
to,
the
parent
or
guardian
of
a
student
regarding
24
the
student’s
gender
identity
or
intention
to
transition
to
a
25
gender
that
is
different
than
the
sex
listed
on
a
student’s
26
official
birth
certificate;
encouraging,
pressuring,
or
27
coercing
a
student
to
undergo
any
medical
procedure,
treatment,
28
or
intervention
that
is
designed
to
affirm
the
student’s
29
gender
identity
if
that
gender
identity
is
different
than
30
the
sex
listed
on
a
student’s
official
birth
certificate;
31
or
encouraging,
pressuring,
or
coercing
a
student’s
parent
32
or
guardian
to
allow
the
student
to
undergo
any
medical
33
procedure,
treatment,
or
intervention
that
is
designed
to
34
affirm
the
student’s
gender
identity
if
that
gender
identity
is
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