AN IOWA SENATE COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED A BILL TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF MEN AND WOMEN.
A FEDERAL JUDGE RECENTLY RULED THAT IOWA’S GENDER BALANCE REQUIREMENT FOR THE STATE JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMIUSSION VIOLATES THE U-S CONSTITUTION’S EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE.
SENATOR JASON SCHULTZ, A REPUBLICAN FROM SCHLESWIG, SAYS A WOMAN WHO’S A FORMER CONSTITUENT WANTED TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION, BUT COULDN’T BECAUSE A MAN HAD TO BE APPOINTED TO MEET THE GENDER BALANCE REQUIREMENT.
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SENATOR CLAIRE CELSI, A DEMOCRAT FROM DES MOINES, SAYS WOMEN HAVE NOT YET REACHED GENDER PARITY IN IOWA.
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SENATOR CARRIE KOELKER, A REPUBLICAN FROM DYERSVILLE, SAYS THE GENDER BALANCE REQUIREMENT MUFFLES INPUT ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
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THE BILL CLEARED THE SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE AND A HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE THIS PAST WEEK.
LAST YEAR, GOVERNOR REYNOLDS SAID SHE FAVORS GETTING RID OF IOWA’S GENDER BALANCE REQUIREMENT FOR ALL STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
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