HF 348: Prohibiting instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts and charter schools in kindergarten through grade six

What it does

This bill prohibits instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts and charter schools in kindergarten through grade six.50 (human growth and development instruction) to provide that the human growth and development instruction provided to students in kindergarten through grade six shall not include any program, curriculum, material, test, survey, questionnaire, activity, announcement, promotion, or instruction of any kind relating to gender identity or sexual orientation.

Senate subcommittee · named March 15, 2023

• Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R) · tim.kraayenbrink@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 7 for, 29 against

For: Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Protect My Innocence; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; VALOR Iowa

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy; American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Common Good Iowa; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Human Rights Campaign; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Iowa ACEs 360; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Chapter-American Academy of Pediatrics; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; and 17 more

In plain words

1. February 20, 2023Filed in the House
2. March 8, 2023Passed the House, 62–35
3. March 9, 2023Arrived in the Senate
4. March 15, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Kraayenbrink and Quirmbach