House
File
405
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
405
BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
unfair
practices
involving
access
to
areas
1
of
public
accommodations
designated
for
persons
of
one
2
biological
sex.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
TLSB
2094YH
(2)
89
cm/jh
H.F.
405
Section
1.
Section
216.7,
subsection
2,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
An
action
to
refuse
or
deny
access
to
3
a
toilet
facility,
locker
room,
living
facility,
showering
4
facility,
or
other
area
of
a
public
accommodation
designated
5
for
use
by
persons
of
one
biological
sex
to
a
person
of
the
6
other
biological
sex.
7
EXPLANATION
8
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
9
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
10
This
bill
amends
the
Iowa
civil
rights
Act
of
1965
contained
11
in
Code
chapter
216.
Code
section
216.7
relates
to
unfair
12
practices
regarding
access
to
public
accommodations.
13
The
bill
excludes
an
action
to
refuse
or
deny
access
to
14
a
toilet
facility,
locker
room,
living
facility,
showering
15
facility,
or
other
area
of
a
public
accommodation
designated
16
for
use
by
persons
of
one
biological
sex
to
a
person
of
the
17
other
biological
sex
from
the
activities
which
constitute
18
unfair
or
discriminatory
practices
by
a
public
accommodation
19
under
Code
chapter
216.
20
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2094YH
(2)
89
cm/jh
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