SF208 • 2026

A bill for an act providing that sexual attraction to minors is not a protected class for purposes of the Iowa civil rights Act.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: SALMON
Last action: 2025-03-04
Official status: Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act providing that sexual attraction to minors is not a protected class for purposes of the Iowa civil rights Act.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act providing that sexual attraction to minors is not a protected class for purposes of the Iowa civil rights Act.

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Bill History

2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-26 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/04/2025 9:30AM Senate Lounge.
2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee reassigned: Reichman, Blake, and Lofgren. S.J. 356 .
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 210 .
2025-02-04 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 189 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act providing that sexual attraction to minors is not a protected class for purposes of the Iowa civil rights Act.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

208

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

208

BY

SALMON

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

providing

that

sexual

attraction

to

minors

is

not

a

1

protected

class

for

purposes

of

the

Iowa

civil

rights

Act.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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S.F.

208

Section

1.

Section

216.2,

subsection

17,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

17.

“Sexual

orientation”

means

actual

or

perceived

3

heterosexuality,

homosexuality,

or

bisexuality.

“Sexual

4

orientation”

does

not

include

pedophilia

or

an

adult’s

sexual

5

attraction

to

minors.

6

EXPLANATION

7

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

8

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

9

Code

chapter

216

(civil

rights)

prohibits

discrimination

in

10

employment,

wages,

public

accommodations,

housing,

education,

11

and

credit

practices

based

upon

certain

characteristics

of

a

12

person,

including

sexual

orientation,

and

provides

remedies

for

13

such

violations.

Code

chapter

216

defines

“sexual

orientation”

14

as

the

actual

or

perceived

heterosexuality,

homosexuality,

15

or

bisexuality

of

a

person.

This

bill

provides

that

“sexual

16

orientation”

does

not

include

pedophilia

or

an

adult’s

sexual

17

attraction

to

minors.

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