Iowa

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Laws Tracked

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Laws (14)

SF 496

UpheldA court has ruled that this law is constitutional and may be enforced.

A bill for an act relating to children and students, including establishing a parent's or guardian's right to make decisions affecting the parent's or guardian's child, authorizing the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in a school district to enroll the student in another attendance center within the same school district in certain specified circumstances, prohibiting instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools in kindergarten through grade six, and modifying provisions related to student health screenings, school district library programs, the educational program provided to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools, other duties of school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, the department of education, the board of educational examiners, and the governing boards of charter schools and innovation zone schools, competent private instruction, and special education, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1145.) Effective date: 05/26/2023, 07/01/2023.

Passed Mar 202319 linked books

HF 2622

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

A bill for an act relating to public libraries, including eligibility requirements for state assistance and oversight by city councils.(Formerly HSB 720.)

HF 274

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

A bill for an act relating to obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions.(See HF 521.)

HF 521

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

A bill for an act relating to obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions.(Formerly HF 274.)

HF 554

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

A bill for an act relating to public schools, including by modifying provisions related to school district library programs and requests to remove educational materials from classrooms and school libraries.

HF 558

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

A bill for an act prohibiting certain materials in public libraries in counties and cities, authorizing civil actions, and providing civil penalties.

HSB 720

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

A bill for an act relating to public libraries, including eligibility requirements for state assistance and oversight by city councils.(See HF 2622.)

HF 2309

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

A bill for an act relating to public library requirements for materials harmful to minors, and providing civil and criminal penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

SF 181

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

A bill for an act establishing requirements related to electronic resources provided by postsecondary schools, public libraries, schools, and state agencies to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.

SF 2119

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

A bill for an act relating to obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions.

SF 2177

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

A bill for an act relating to policies and protection measures a library provider or third party contracting with a library provider must take if the library provider or third party offers digital library services.

SF 235

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

A bill for an act relating to obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions.

SF 347

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

A bill for an act prohibiting certain materials in public libraries in counties and cities, authorizing civil actions, and providing civil penalties.

SF 113

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

A bill for an act relating to children and students, including by modifying provisions related to a parent's or guardian's rights to make decisions affecting the parent's or guardian's child, the educational program and human growth and development curriculum provided to students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, student health screenings, school district library programs, special education, and other duties of school districts and the governing boards of charter schools and innovation zone schools.

Most-Banned Books in Iowa

Killing Mr. Griffin

Lois Duncan

1 ban

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

1 ban

Nineteen Minutes

Jodi Picoult

1 ban

Gossip Girl

Cecily von Ziegesar

1 ban

Sold

Patricia McCormick

1 ban

Friday Night Lights

Buzz Bissinger

1 ban

An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser

1 ban

A Court of Mist and Fury

Sarah J. Maas

1 ban

Tricks

Ellen Hopkins

1 ban

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

1 ban

Bans by Jurisdiction

Mason City Community School District, IA (19)

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