IA SF 418

enacted

A bill for an act relating to sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory construction, indications of a person’s sex on certain vital records, gender identity under the Iowa civil rights Act, and school curricula related to gender theory. Effective date: 07/01/2025.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did IA SF 418 pass?

Yes. IA SF 418 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-03-26): Explanation of vote.

What is IA SF 418 about?

IA SF 418 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory construction, indications of a person’s sex on certain vital records, gender identity under the Iowa civil rights Act, and school curricula related to gender theory. Effective date: 07/01/2025.”.

Who sponsors IA SF 418?

SCHULTZ is the primary sponsor of IA SF 418.

Introduced: 2025-02-24
Latest action: 2025-03-26 — Explanation of vote.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-03-26
Explanation of vote.
2025-03-04
Explanation of vote.
2025-03-03
Explanation of vote.
2025-02-28
Signed by Governor.
executive-signature
2025-02-28
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
2025-02-28
Explanation of vote.
2025-02-27
Message from House.
2025-02-27
Immediate message.
2025-02-27
Passed House, yeas 60, nays 36.
passage
2025-02-27
Substituted for HF 583.
2025-02-27
Read first time, passed on file.
reading-1
2025-02-27
Message from Senate.
2025-02-27
Immediate message.
2025-02-27
Passed Senate, yeas 33, nays 15.
passage
2025-02-27
Amendment S-3013 filed, lost.
amendment-introduction
2025-02-27
Amendment S-3012 filed, lost.
amendment-introduction
2025-02-27
Amendment S-3011 filed, lost.
amendment-introduction
2025-02-26
Placed on calendar.
2025-02-26
Committee report, recommending passage.
committee-passage
2025-02-25
Subcommittee recommends passage.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-24
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/25/2025 12:00PM Room G15.
2025-02-24
Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Dawson.
2025-02-24
Introduced, referred to Judiciary.
introduction,referral-committee

Versions

Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)Compare
Amendment S-3013Compare
Amendment S-3012Compare
Amendment S-3011Compare
IntroducedCompare
EnrolledCompare
Enrolled with Governor's ActionCompare
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Documents

Votes

Shall the bill pass?
2025-02-27 · pass · 33-15
Member-level votes (152)
- Alons: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson De Witt: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Garrett: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Guth: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- Lofgren: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Pike: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rowley: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sires: yes
- Sweeney: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Zumbach: yes
- Bennett: no
- Bisignano: no
- Blake: no
- Donahue: no
- Dotzler: no
- Knox: no
- Petersen: no
- Quirmbach: no
- Staed: no
- Townsend: no
- Trone: no
- Garriott: no
- Wahls: no
- Weiner: no
- Winckler: no
- Zimmer: no
- Celsi: absent
- Sinclair: absent
- Andrews: yes
- Barker: yes
- Behn: yes
- Blom: yes
- Bloomingdale: yes
- Boden: yes
- Bossman: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Cisneros: yes
- Collins: yes
- Determann: yes
- Dieken: yes
- Dunwell: yes
- Fett: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Gearhart: yes
- Gehlbach: yes
- Gerhold: yes
- Golding: yes
- Gustoff: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Henderson: yes
- Hermanson: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hora: yes
- Jeneary: yes
- Johnson, C.: yes
- Jones: yes
- Kaufmann: yes
- Kniff: yes
- McCulla: yes
- Latham: yes
- Lawler: yes
- Lundgren: yes
- Meggers: yes
- Meyer, A.: yes
- Mohr: yes
- Moore: yes
- Nordman: yes
- Rinker: yes
- Sexton: yes
- Siegrist: yes
- Sitzmann: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sorensen: yes
- Stone: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Thomson: yes
- Vondran: yes
- Weldon: yes
- Wengryn: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Williams: yes
- Wills: yes
- Wilz: yes
- Windschitl: yes
- Wood: yes
- Wulf: yes
- Young: yes
- Speaker: yes
- Grassley: yes
- Amos: no
- Jr.: no
- Baeth: no
- Bagniewski: no
- Bergan: no
- Cooling: no
- Croken: no
- Ehlert: no
- Gaines: no
- Gjerde: no
- Gosa: no
- Harris: no
- Jacoby: no
- James: no
- Johnson, R.: no
- Judge: no
- Konfrst: no
- Kressig: no
- Kurth: no
- Levin: no
- Lohse: no
- Madison: no
- Matson: no
- McBurney: no
- Meyer, B.: no
- Mommsen: no
- Nielsen: no
- Olson: no
- Scheetz: no
- Sieck: no
- Srinivas: no
- Turek: no
- Wessel-Kroeschell: no
- Wichtendahl: no
- Wilburn: no
- Wilson: no
- Zabner: no
- Brown-Powers: absent
- Ingels: absent
- Open: absent
- Scholten: absent
Shall amendment S-3012 be adopted
2025-02-27 · fail · 15-33
Member-level votes (50)
- Bennett: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Dotzler: yes
- Knox: yes
- Petersen: yes
- Quirmbach: yes
- Staed: yes
- Townsend: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Wahls: yes
- Weiner: yes
- Winckler: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Alons: no
- Bousselot: no
- Campbell: no
- Costello: no
- Dawson De Witt: no
- Dickey: no
- Driscoll: no
- Evans: no
- Garrett: no
- Green: no
- Gruenhagen: no
- Guth: no
- Klimesh: no
- Koelker: no
- Kraayenbrink: no
- Lofgren: no
- McClintock: no
- Pike: no
- Reichman: no
- Rowley: no
- Rozenboom: no
- Salmon: no
- Schultz: no
- Shipley: no
- Sires: no
- Sweeney: no
- Taylor: no
- Warme: no
- Webster: no
- Westrich: no
- Whitver: no
- Zumbach: no
- Celsi: absent
- Sinclair: absent
Shall amendment S-3013 be adopted
2025-02-27 · fail · 15-33
Member-level votes (50)
- Garrett: no
- Bennett: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Dotzler: yes
- Knox: yes
- Petersen: yes
- Quirmbach: yes
- Staed: yes
- Townsend: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Wahls: yes
- Weiner: yes
- Winckler: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Alons: no
- Bousselot: no
- Campbell: no
- Costello: no
- Dawson De Witt: no
- Dickey: no
- Driscoll: no
- Evans: no
- Green: no
- Gruenhagen: no
- Guth: no
- Klimesh: no
- Koelker: no
- Kraayenbrink: no
- Lofgren: no
- McClintock: no
- Pike: no
- Reichman: no
- Rowley: no
- Rozenboom: no
- Salmon: no
- Schultz: no
- Shipley: no
- Sires: no
- Sweeney: no
- Taylor: no
- Warme: no
- Webster: no
- Westrich: no
- Whitver: no
- Zumbach: no
- Celsi: absent
- Sinclair: absent
Shall amendment S-3011 be adopted
2025-02-27 · fail · 15-33
Member-level votes (50)
- Bennett: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Dotzler: yes
- Knox: yes
- Petersen: yes
- Quirmbach: yes
- Staed: yes
- Townsend: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Wahls: yes
- Weiner: yes
- Winckler: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Alons: no
- Bousselot: no
- Campbell: no
- Costello: no
- Dawson De Witt: no
- Dickey: no
- Driscoll: no
- Evans: no
- Garrett: no
- Green: no
- Gruenhagen: no
- Guth: no
- Klimesh: no
- Koelker: no
- Kraayenbrink: no
- Lofgren: no
- McClintock: no
- Pike: no
- Reichman: no
- Rowley: no
- Rozenboom: no
- Salmon: no
- Schultz: no
- Shipley: no
- Sires: no
- Sweeney: no
- Taylor: no
- Warme: no
- Webster: no
- Westrich: no
- Whitver: no
- Zumbach: no
- Celsi: absent
- Sinclair: absent

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