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DES MOINES—Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird released her formal opinion on county sheriff salaries in response to a formal opinion request by two county attorneys, Michael T. Wells, Ringgold County Attorney, and Alan Wilson, Wayne County Attorney.   In 2021, the Iowa Legislature enacted the Back the Blue Law, which says salaries for county sheriffs need to be compared to their counterparts in city police departments and state law enforcement agencies. In 2024, the...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today her Judicial Safety bill has passed out of subcommittee in the Iowa Senate.   The Judicial Safety Bill makes it a “C” felony — up to 10 years in prison — to make threats against judges and their immediate family members. The bill creates a serious misdemeanor charge for doxxing judges or their immediate family....

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she is leading a coalition of 19 attorneys general to ask the Trump administration to fix President Biden’s unworkable formaldehyde rule.   Formaldehyde ensures families have access to safe food and that farmers can protect livestock. It helps farmers defend their livestock by preventing outbreaks of bacteria, viruses, and diseases that may cause disastrous food shortages and economic losses. Under the...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that Katie’s Law and Victims Protection--key bills in her 2026 legislative priorities--passed out of subcommittee today in the Iowa Senate.   Katie’s Law has been enacted in some form in over 30 states and federally. The bill requires DNA collection from individuals arrested for felony or aggravated misdemeanor offenses. This bill creates a safe...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today at a press conference a new community initiative in collaboration with the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Ring (an Amazon company) to support domestic violence survivors with technology and safety tools. The Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence has received 1,000 Ring X Line Devices for domestic violence survivors that include a lifetime subscription. Additionally, Ring will provide a $25,000 monetary donation to...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird is launching a new funding opportunity to help communities across the state respond to the opioid crisis. The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has secured over $365 million for Iowa through settlements with opioid manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies, and other related parties to help combat opioid misuse and addiction. The settlement money will help Iowa communities and families face this devastating crisis and reduce the harm it causes. Of the $365 million, the State’s...

DES MOINES—Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she has concluded a lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s rewrite of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a mandate that threatened school accommodations for students.   The mandate illegally attempted to include “gender dysphoria” under Section 504, a law that protects school accommodations for kids with disabilities such as ADHD or diabetes. When...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she has filed a lawsuit against 18 Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and insulin manufacturers asserting they have manipulated and inflated insulin prices to profit at the expense of Iowans using life-sustaining insulin.   “Artificially increasing prices to profit off of people who could die without your product is terrible,” said Attorney General Bird. “Diabetics in Iowa deserve a free and fair marketplace, not a rigged market...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she is co-leading with Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti a coalition of 26 states and territories in support of President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order.   On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order to stop automatic birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants and birth tourists. The states highlight significant constitutional and policy concerns as to why President Trump’s...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that she has filed three lawsuits against contractors in Boone, Woodbury, and Polk counties for conducting illegal excavations, some of which resulted in damage to underground utilities. She is also seeking contempt of court for violation of a prior consent decree against a contractor in Marion County.   Under Iowa’s One Call...