2023 IA Legislative Scorecard
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Iowa Legislature in 2023 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
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Senate Votes
1. Private-school Funding
Creates education programs and funding by establishing an education savings account program.
2. Sex Changes for Minors
Prohibits activities regarding gender transition procedures relative to minors.
3. Raw Milk
Allows raw milk dairies that comply with safety standards to sell raw milk and products derived from raw milk directly to consumers.
4. School Transparency
Mandates the Department of Education (DE) to oversee the review of library materials for explicit content in schools, requiring parental consent for access to certain books, introducing curriculum changes, including restrictions on gender identity and sexuality instruction before grade five, removing specific sexual education content, and implementing a civics test requirement.
5. Office of Apprenticeship
Establishes an Iowa Office of Apprenticeship and Iowa apprenticeship council.
6. Birth Control
Authorizes pharmacists to order and administer self-administered hormonal contraceptives to individuals aged eighteen years and older.
How did they vote?
