🚨 URGENT: SHOW UP & TAKE ACTION – HSB 242 SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING TOMORROW 🚨

Oliver Bardwell

Feb 223 min read

Updated: Feb 24

📅 WHEN: Monday, 2/24/25 at 11:00 AM (if you want to speak get there early!)

📍WHERE: Iowa State Capitol – Room 103

🗣️ MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD: We need to PACK this hearing!

EMAIL ALL HOUSE REPUBLICANS - this one email address will reach all of them at the same time. hr@legis.iowa.gov

🔥 HSB 242 is one of the most important bills of this legislative session. It removes gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Code, ensuring protections based on biological sex and preventing the legal loopholes that have allowed biological males into women's bathrooms, locker rooms, shelters, and even prisons.

How YOU Can Take Action Right Now:

EMAIL ALL HOUSE REPUBLICANS hr@legis.iowa.gov

✅ SHOW UP at the Capitol! I will be there at 8 AM! The earlier, the better—it’s going to be a zoo with out-of-state activists flooding the room. I’ll be there with shirts for those who pre-ordered—meet me in the bathroom to change into them!

✅ MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT in support of the bill before the hearing starts:👉 Submit your comment here

✅ EMAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE & ALL HOUSE REPUBLICANS TODAY!🚨 This bill needs 51 votes to pass. Some legislators are still undecided, and opposition groups are flooding their inboxes. Your voice matters—let them hear from YOU!

EMAIL ALL HOUSE REPUBLICANS hr@legis.iowa.gov

✉️ Contact Your Legislator:👉 Find & Email Your Representative

📢 WHAT TO SAY IN YOUR EMAIL

💡 Be RESPECTFUL but FIRM. No name-calling. No personal attacks. Hold them accountable—this is part of the Republican Party platform and the reason they were elected.

📩 Email Template:

Subject: Vote YES on HSB 242 – Iowans Are Watching

Dear Representative [Last Name],

Iowans elected a strong Republican majority to lead on issues like this. HSB 242 corrects a mistake made in 2007 and ensures our laws reflect biological reality and common sense.

We have already seen how gender identity in the Iowa Civil Rights Code has been weaponized to allow biological males into women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, shelters, and even prisons. No other red state has this law.

As an elected official, you have a duty to protect women, children, and the integrity of our laws. I urge you to vote YES on HSB 242 and stand with the vast majority of Iowans who demand action on this issue.

This issue is in our Republican Party of Iowa platform under Liberty number 9. “We recognize only two biological sexes, male (XY) and female (XX). Biological sex at birth shall determine ones participation in or use of restrooms, locker rooms, sports teams or other such accommodations or institutions. We support the original intent of Title IX.”

Thank you for your service. I appreciate your leadership and commitment to upholding the values that Iowans voted for.

Sincerely,[Your Name]

[Your City]

📞 Prefer to Call? A phone call can be even more impactful.Find their phone numbers here: Legislator Contact Info

☎️ Call Script:"Hello, my name is [Your Name], and I’m calling to urge Representative [Last Name] to vote YES on HSB 242. This is a top priority for Iowa voters, and I want to see our legislators stand firm in protecting women, children, and biological truth. Thank you for your time."