House File 9 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 9 BY WHEELER , HOLT , STONE , GUSTOFF , COLLINS , MOORE , JENEARY , CARLSON , VONDRAN , GOLDING , STOLTENBERG , FISHER , DUNWELL , KNIFF MCCULLA , MEGGERS , WULF , SHIPLEY , SHERMAN , BRADLEY , JOHNSON , GRABER , DEYOE , NORDMAN , WILLS , GUSTAFSON , P. THOMPSON , BODEN , GEHLBACH , KAUFMANN , FRY , ANDREWS , YOUNG , THOMSON , HENDERSON , HORA , OSMUNDSON , WINDSCHITL , GRASSLEY , and GERHOLD A BILL FOR An Act relating to parental and guardian consent and 1 information regarding the gender identity of students 2 enrolled in a school district or charter school. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1685YH (2) 90 jda/jh

H.F. 9 Section 1. Section 256E.7, subsection 2, Code 2023, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0j. Be subject to and comply with the 3 requirements of section 279.77 relating to prohibited actions 4 associated with the gender identity of students in the same 5 manner as a school district. 6 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 279.77 Gender identity —— parental or 7 guardian consent —— prohibitions. 8 Each school district is prohibited from doing any of the 9 following: 10 1. Facilitating any accommodation that is intended to 11 affirm a student’s gender identity, if that gender identity 12 is different than the sex listed on the student’s official 13 birth certificate or certificate issued upon adoption if the 14 certificate was issued at or near the time of the student’s 15 birth, without the written consent of the student’s parent or 16 guardian. For purposes of this section, “gender identity” means 17 the same as defined in section 216.2. 18 2. Encouraging or coercing any student to withhold 19 information from the student’s parent or guardian related to 20 the student’s gender identity. 21 3. Willfully withholding information from, or knowingly 22 giving false or misleading information to, the parent or 23 guardian of a student regarding the student’s gender identity 24 or intention to transition to a gender that is different than 25 the sex listed on a student’s official birth certificate or 26 certificate issued upon adoption if the certificate was issued 27 at or near the time of the student’s birth. 28 4. Encouraging, pressuring, or coercing a student to 29 undergo any medical procedure, treatment, or intervention that 30 is designed to affirm the student’s gender identity if that 31 gender identity is different than the sex listed on a student’s 32 official birth certificate or certificate issued upon adoption 33 if the certificate was issued at or near the time of the 34 student’s birth. 35 -1- LSB 1685YH (2) 90 jda/jh 1/ 3

H.F. 9 5. Encouraging, pressuring, or coercing a student’s 1 parent or guardian to allow the student to undergo any medical 2 procedure, treatment, or intervention that is designed to 3 affirm the student’s gender identity if that gender identity 4 is different than the sex listed on the student’s official 5 birth certificate or certificate issued upon adoption if the 6 certificate was issued at or near the time of the student’s 7 birth. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill relates to parental and guardian consent and 12 information regarding the gender identity of students enrolled 13 in a school district or charter school. 14 The bill prohibits school districts and charter schools 15 from facilitating any accommodation that is intended to 16 affirm a student’s gender identity, if that gender identity 17 is different than the sex listed on the student’s official 18 birth certificate, without the written consent of the student’s 19 parent or guardian; encouraging or coercing any student to 20 withhold information from the student’s parent or guardian 21 related to the student’s gender identity; willfully withholding 22 information from, or knowingly giving false or misleading 23 information to, the parent or guardian of a student regarding 24 the student’s gender identity or intention to transition to a 25 gender that is different than the sex listed on a student’s 26 official birth certificate; encouraging, pressuring, or 27 coercing a student to undergo any medical procedure, treatment, 28 or intervention that is designed to affirm the student’s 29 gender identity if that gender identity is different than 30 the sex listed on a student’s official birth certificate; 31 or encouraging, pressuring, or coercing a student’s parent 32 or guardian to allow the student to undergo any medical 33 procedure, treatment, or intervention that is designed to 34 affirm the student’s gender identity if that gender identity is 35 -2- LSB 1685YH (2) 90 jda/jh 2/ 3

H.F. 9 different than the sex listed on the student’s official birth 1 certificate. 2 The bill defines “gender identity” as a gender-related 3 identity of a person, regardless of the person’s assigned sex 4 at birth. 5 -3- LSB 1685YH (2) 90 jda/jh 3/ 3