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| Region | Iowa |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Jul 1, 2025 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Since July 1, 2025, transgender people have not been able to change their legal gender. Senate File 418, which was overwhelmingly passed by the Iowa House and Senate, was signed into law by Governor Kim Reynolds on February 28, 2025. The bill removes language from previous law that had established the legal framework needed for transgender people to change their legal gender. |
| Sources | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2025-07-01/civil-rights-discrimination-protections-transgender-nonbinary-iowans https://legiscan.com/IA/bill/SF418/2025 |
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| Sources | https://legiscan.com/IA/bill/SF418/2025 | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2025-07-01/civil-rights-discrimination-protections-transgender-nonbinary-iowans https://legiscan.com/IA/bill/SF418/2025 |
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| Description | Beginning July 1st, 2025, transgender people will no longer have the ability to change their legal gender. Senate File 418, which was overwhelmingly passed by the Iowa State House and Senate, was signed into law by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on February 28th, 2025. The bill removes text from previous law that sets up the legal framework needed for transgender people to change their legal gender. | Since July 1, 2025, transgender people have not been able to change their legal gender. Senate File 418, which was overwhelmingly passed by the Iowa House and Senate, was signed into law by Governor Kim Reynolds on February 28, 2025. The bill removes language from previous law that had established the legal framework needed for transgender people to change their legal gender. |
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| Sources | https://legiscan.com/IA/text/SF418/2025 https://ca.style.yahoo.com/iowas-governor-signs-bill-removing-204434212.html | https://legiscan.com/IA/bill/SF418/2025 |
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| Description | Beginning July 1st, 2025, transgender people will no longer have the ability to change their legal gender. Senate File 418, which was overwhelmingly passed by the Iowa State House and Senate, was signed into law by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on February 28th, 2025. | Beginning July 1st, 2025, transgender people will no longer have the ability to change their legal gender. Senate File 418, which was overwhelmingly passed by the Iowa State House and Senate, was signed into law by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on February 28th, 2025. The bill removes text from previous law that sets up the legal framework needed for transgender people to change their legal gender. |
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| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Jul 1, 2025 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Beginning July 1st, 2025, transgender people will no longer have the ability to change their legal gender. Senate File 418, which was overwhelmingly passed by the Iowa State House and Senate, was signed into law by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on February 28th, 2025. |
| Sources | https://legiscan.com/IA/text/SF418/2025 https://ca.style.yahoo.com/iowas-governor-signs-bill-removing-204434212.html |