---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act repealing gender balance requirements for appointive bodies. Effective date: 07/01/2024."
description: "A bill for an act repealing gender balance requirements for appointive bodies. Effective date: 07/01/2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SF 2096"
citation: "Iowa SF 2096 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["appointees", "boards", "commissions", "and councils", "gender", "nominations", "voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SCHULTZ"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/663573d6-8c56-429f-945a-deb63d4cd539"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2096&ga=90"
source_hash: "a171c67c3867c28d5f572e1560922b637e137c589950e8bc9617470d6fa292d6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa SF 2096 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act repealing gender balance requirements for appointive bodies. Effective date: 07/01/2024.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/90/attachments/SF2096.html)
2. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/SF2096_GovLetter.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/SF2096.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **62–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SCHULTZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-23** Introduced, referred to State Government. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee: Schultz, Celsi, and Cournoyer.
- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee Meeting: 02/01/2024 10:00AM Room G15.
- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends passage. []. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 15. `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Immediate message.
- **2024-02-21** Message from Senate.
- **2024-02-21** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** Substituted for HF 2540.
- **2024-02-26** Passed House, yeas 62, nays 33. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Explanation of vote.
- **2024-02-26** Immediate message.
- **2024-02-27** Message from House.
- **2024-04-03** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2024-04-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/663573d6-8c56-429f-945a-deb63d4cd539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).