February 28 – Governor Kim Reynolds signs Senate File 418, which eliminates gender identity as a protected class from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.[2][3] This makes Iowa the first U.S. state to remove gender identity as a protected class from a civil rights law.[4]
June 5 — Iowa's only seat on the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee, which determines the order of states in the presidential nominating process, is removed, and New Hampshire is awarded a second seat on the committee.[9]
