Iowa House lawmakers listen to testimony on legislation that would extend the state’s classroom restrictions on discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity into middle and high schools during a subcommittee hearing, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, at the Iowa Capitol.
TOM BARTON, The Gazette
Bethany Snyder, of Urbandale, speaks in opposition to legislation that would extend the state’s classroom restrictions on discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity into middle and high schools during a subcommittee hearing, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, at the Iowa Capitol.
Iowa House Republicans on Wednesday advanced legislation that would extend prohibitions on classroom instruction or school-sponsored programming that references sexual orientation or what state law defines as “gender theory” into middle and high schools, moving the bill out of subcommittee on a party-line vote.
Iowa House lawmakers listen to testimony on legislation that would extend the state’s classroom restrictions on discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity into middle and high schools during a subcommittee hearing, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, at the Iowa Capitol.
Bethany Snyder, of Urbandale, speaks in opposition to legislation that would extend the state’s classroom restrictions on discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity into middle and high schools during a subcommittee hearing, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, at the Iowa Capitol.
