These laws take effect in Iowa July 1
Some significant laws take effect in Iowa this weekend.
Starting July 1, Gov. Kim Reynolds' new government reorganization law will reshape Iowa agencies.
The new law reduces the number of cabinet-level agencies from 37 to 16.
It also allows the governor to decide on salaries for top state employees. And the governor can make hiring and firing decisions without cause.
The education reform law goes into effect, banning teaching gender identity in kindergarten through sixth grade.
That bill also requires school libraries to remove some books from their shelves.
The law bans books with sex acts, but the book restrictions don't have to be enforced until January.
At that point, school superintendents could be disciplined if they don't comply.
The child labor law starts. It allows kids under the age of 16 to work until 11 p.m. in the summer and until 9 p.m. during the school year.
Sixteen and 17-year-olds can work jobs such as woodworking, operating a power saw and demolition if they're part of an approved training program. It also allows that age group to serve alcohol in restaurants.
Harsh new penalties will begin for people caught dealing with the dangerous opioid - fentanyl.
A conviction involving 50 grams of fentanyl now carries as much as 50 years in prison and a $1 million fine.
The new law triples prison sentences for people convicted of dealing the drug in cases that lead to an overdose death.
And a law that bans mail-in caucuses begins.
Iowans will now be required to be physically present in order to participate in the caucuses.
The law will prevent Iowa Democrats from using a mail-in system, which they had hoped to implement as part of their new caucus structure.