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Repealing gender balance requirements for appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils
Sponsored by the Senate State Government Committee
Topics:State government
Same legislation: SSB 1037
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2023
- Done: Senate committeeJanuary 25, 2023
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa currently has rules that require state boards, commissions, and committees to have a balance of men and women. This bill would remove those gender balance requirements for all state-established groups.1
Read the official explanation
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.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 12, 2023 (as SSB 1037). On January 18, 2023 it recommended passage. [].
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
7 written public comments to its subcommittee: January 18, 2023 (3), January 17, 2023 (4) · on the Legislature’s site
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§135.109§135.43§148.2A§155A.2A§159A.13§15F.102§15H.3§176A.8§216A.12§216A.132§216A.162§216A.92A§217.43§23.3§235B.1§252B.22§256.35A§256.5A§256.82§272.3§273.15§284.15§28A.7§303A.5§314.22§331.233§35A.2§373.2§418.5§455A.20§455B.150§514E.2§542.4§80.28§84A.1A§84A.4§8D.3§904A.2A
Repeals§69.16A
Lobbying
3 for · 18 against · 18 undecided · Who →
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