Iowa · Bill 8 · 91st General Assembly

A bill for an act prohibiting school districts and charter schools from taking disciplinary action against employees, contractors, or students for…

SF 8 Sponsored by Jesse Green Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 13, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 13, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

A bill for an act prohibiting school districts and charter schools from taking disciplinary action against employees, contractors, or students for the use of legal names, the use of student names as listed in school registration forms or records, or for the failure to use personal pronouns in official communications, and providing civil penalties.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced, referred to Education. S.J. 36. · Senate Education
  2. CommitteeSubcommittee: Green, Donahue, and Pike. S.J. 142. · Senate Education
  3. CommitteeSubcommittee Meeting: 01/30/2025 11:00AM Room 315. · Senate Education
  4. CommitteeSubcommittee recommends passage. · Senate Education
  5. SenatePlaced on calendar.
  6. CommitteeCommittee report, recommending passage. S.J. 383. · Senate Education
  7. CommitteeReferred to Education. S.J. 1057. · Senate Education

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Feb 27, 2025 Senate Education Committee recommendation: DO PASS
Members

Yes · 10

No · 5

Excused · 1

 10–5

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Iowa's official records (www.legis.iowa.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.