A bill for an act providing that sexual attraction to minors is not a protected class for purposes of the Iowa civil rights Act.

This bill amends Iowa's civil rights law (Code §216.2) to clarify that "sexual orientation" does not include pedophilia or an adult's sexual attraction to minors. It directly affects how the state's civil rights protections apply to claims related to sexual orientation, explicitly excluding such attraction from being considered a protected characteristic. The key provision changes the legal definition within the civil rights statute to prevent adult sexual attraction to minors from being conflated with protected categories like homosexuality or bisexuality. This is a definitional adjustment to the law, not a new criminal prohibition, ensuring that civil rights protections for sexual orientation remain distinct from illegal conduct. The bill focuses solely on clarifying the scope of existing civil rights protections under Iowa law.