Iowa GOP Bill Would Legalize Anti-Trans Discrimination

The Des Moines Register reports:

Iowa Republican lawmakers have again proposed removing protections against discrimination for transgender people from the Iowa Civil Rights Act — and this time a key committee chair says he’s open to the conversation.

Rep. Steven Holt, R-Denison, has scheduled a subcommittee hearing on House File 2082, which would remove gender identity protections from the civil rights law.

“I just want to hear a conversation about it,” Holt said. “I want to have a subcommittee and hear a conversation about it.” In 2020, Holt used his position as Judiciary Committee chair to kill a similar bill that would have removed gender identity protections from the civil rights law.

Read the full article. My report on the 2020 attempt is here.

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— Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) January 25, 2024