Bill Text: IA HF290 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the terms gender and sex, including a person's sex designation listed on government documents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-14 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 306. [HF290 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF290-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
FISHER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
terms
gender
and
sex,
including
a
1
person’s
sex
designation
listed
on
government
documents.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
4.1,
subsection
17,
Code
2023,
is
amended
1
to
read
as
follows:
2
17.
Number
and
gender.
Unless
otherwise
specifically
3
provided
by
law
the
:
4
a.
The
singular
includes
the
plural,
and
the
plural
includes
5
the
singular.
6
b.
Words
of
one
gender
include
the
other
genders.
7
c.
The
term
“gender”
,
or
the
term
“sex”
when
used
in
8
reference
to
gender,
means
the
biological
sex
designation
of
9
male
or
female
on
a
person’s
birth
certificate.
10
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
27D.1
Sex
designation
listed
on
11
government
documents.
12
The
state
or
any
other
governmental
body,
as
defined
13
in
section
21.2,
shall
not
list
a
person’s
gender
or
sex
14
designation
on
any
application,
form,
list,
license,
or
other
15
document
that
is
different
from
the
gender
or
sex
designation
16
listed
on
a
person’s
official
birth
certificate.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
Under
current
law,
Code
section
4.1
sets
forth
certain
21
general
rules
for
the
usage
of
terms
throughout
the
Code.
22
This
bill
defines
the
terms
“gender”
and
“sex”,
when
used
in
23
reference
to
gender,
to
mean
the
biological
sex
designation
of
24
male
or
female
on
a
person’s
birth
certificate.
Therefore,
25
when
a
Code
section
refers
to
gender
or
sex
in
reference
to
26
its
inclusion
on
an
application,
license,
or
other
document
27
(for
example,
Code
section
321.182,
relating
to
driver’s
28
licenses),
the
listed
gender
or
sex
must
comply
with
the
bill’s
29
definition.
Current
Code
section
144.23
provides
that
a
new
30
certificate
of
birth
is
issued
upon
receipt
of
proof
of
a
31
change
in
sex
designation.
32
In
addition,
the
bill
specifies
that
the
state
or
any
33
governmental
body
is
not
allowed
to
list
a
person’s
gender
or
34
sex
designation
listed
on
any
application,
form,
list,
license,
35
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