Bill Text: IA SF2025 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting persons from entering single and multiple occupancy toilet facilities in elementary and secondary schools that do not correspond with the person's biological sex.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-24 - Subcommittee: Sinclair, Quirmbach, and Rozenboom. S.J. 135. [SF2025 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF2025-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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FILE
2025
BY
CARLIN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
persons
from
entering
single
and
multiple
1
occupancy
toilet
facilities
in
elementary
and
secondary
2
schools
that
do
not
correspond
with
the
person’s
biological
3
sex.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
216.9A
Single
and
multiple
1
occupancy
toilet
facilities
in
schools
——
use
by
persons
of
same
2
biological
sex.
3
It
shall
not
be
an
unfair
or
discriminatory
practice
for
4
a
school
to
require
a
single
or
multiple
occupancy
toilet
5
facility
to
be
designated
only
for
and
used
by
persons
of
6
the
same
biological
sex
as
provided
in
section
280.32.
It
7
shall
not
be
an
unfair
or
discriminatory
practice
to
prohibit
8
a
person
from
using
a
single
or
multiple
occupancy
toilet
9
facility
that
does
not
correspond
with
the
person’s
biological
10
sex
as
provided
in
section
280.32.
11
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.32
Single
and
multiple
occupancy
12
toilet
facilities
——
use
by
persons
of
same
biological
sex.
13
1.
As
used
in
this
section:
14
a.
“Biological
sex”
means
the
physical
condition
of
being
15
male
or
female
as
indicated
on
a
person’s
birth
certificate.
16
b.
“Multiple
occupancy
toilet
facility”
means
a
toilet
17
facility
designed
or
designated
to
be
used
by
more
than
one
18
person
at
a
time.
19
c.
“School”
means
an
elementary
or
secondary
public
or
20
nonpublic
school
as
described
in
this
chapter.
21
d.
“Single
occupancy
toilet
facility”
means
a
toilet
facility
22
designed
or
designated
to
be
used
by
only
one
person
at
a
time.
23
2.
A
school
shall
require
a
multiple
occupancy
toilet
24
facility
to
be
designated
only
for
and
used
by
persons
of
25
the
same
biological
sex.
A
person
shall
not
enter
a
school
26
multiple
occupancy
toilet
facility,
or
a
single
occupancy
27
toilet
facility
designated
only
for
persons
of
the
same
28
biological
sex,
that
does
not
correspond
with
the
person’s
29
biological
sex.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
requires
elementary
and
secondary
public
and
34
nonpublic
schools
to
designate
and
allow
the
use
of
multiple
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occupancy
toilet
facilities
only
by
persons
of
the
same
1
biological
sex.
The
bill
prohibits
a
person
from
entering
2
a
school
single
and
multiple
occupancy
toilet
facility
that
3
does
not
correspond
with
the
person’s
biological
sex.
The
4
bill
provides
that
such
designations
and
prohibitions
do
not
5
constitute
unfair
or
discriminatory
practices
in
violation
of
6
the
Iowa
civil
rights
Act,
Code
chapter
216.
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