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

SF 136: Repealing gender balance requirements for appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils

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

What it does

This bill repeals Code section 69.16A, imposing gender balance requirements on appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils established in the Iowa Code. The bill makes conforming changes by removing references to Code section 69.16A and gender balance requirements.

Sponsors

State Government committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 2 for, 12 against

For: The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA); Environmental Law and Policy Center; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Environmental Council; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa State Education Association

In plain words

  1. January 25, 2023Filed in the Senate
  2. January 25, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
  3. June 5, 2023Sent to the Senate State Government 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/SF136