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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 508: Protecting religious liberty and state sovereignty relating to marriage

Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to protecting religious liberty and state sovereignty relating to marriage. The bill provides that the state of Iowa recognizes freedom of religion as an unalienable right and recognizes the institution of marriage as a sacred religious sacrament that is inextricably and fundamentally bound with free exercise of that right. The state of Iowa also recognizes the deep historical and religious roots that uniformly defined and understood marriage to be the union between one male and female.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 4 for, 12 against

For: Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; VALOR Iowa

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Common Good Iowa; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Safe Schools; League of Women Voters of Iowa; One Iowa; One Iowa Action; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 28, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF508