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Code of Iowa. The Code of Iowa contains the statutory laws of the U.S. state of Iowa. The Iowa Legislative Service Bureau is a non-partisan governmental agency that organizes, updates, and publishes the Iowa Code. It is republished in full every odd year, and is supplemented in even years.
Iowa has enacted state preemption of firearms laws, so local units of government may not restrict firearms. [ 7] Under Iowa law, private citizens may not possess automatic firearms, any firearm "other than a shotgun or muzzle loading rifle, cannon, pistol, revolver or musket" with a bore of more than 6/10 of an inch (unless it is an antique ...
The law school was founded in 1865, as an independent law school in the state capital of Des Moines as Iowa School of Law, but it moved to Iowa City and became part of the University of Iowa in 1868. It is the oldest law school west of the Mississippi River.
The US Supreme Court's decision in 1973's Roe v. Wade ruling meant the state could no longer regulate abortion in the first trimester. [11]On May 15, 2018, eleven days after Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed SF 359 into law, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc., Jill Meadows, M.D., and Emma Goldman Clinic (petitioners) filed a lawsuit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief in state ...
The Constitution of Iowa is the highest body of state law in the U.S. state of Iowa. It establishes the structure and function of the state. Iowa's constitution is subordinate only to the U.S. Constitution and federal law. The state's first constitution was created in 1844, but not ratified. [ 1]
House Study Bill 649, creates a new section of the Iowa Code defining a person’s gender as their sex assigned at birth. The bill defines a “female” as a person whose biological reproductive ...
The Iowa Civil Rights Commission also is the state agency for Iowa that participates in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP). [ 15] Under this program, the Commission investigates and enforces complaints of housing discrimination under the Fair Housing Act. [ 16]
The Iowa Board of Education has until Dec. 28 to begin the rulemaking process for Senate File 496, Heather Doe, the education department's spokesperson, told the Des Moines Register.