CAPITOL NOTEBOOK Ban on local government IDs signed into law by Iowa Gov. Reynolds Lee-Gazette Des Moines Bureau Apr 20, 2026 4 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Johnson County Community ID Card program will no longer be allowed as of July 1 under a new state law signed Thursday by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds.kAm%96 AC@8C2> H2D 4C62E65 :? a_`d E@ 8:G6 C6D:56?ED @7 y@9?D@? r@F?EJ 2 D64@?52CJ[ =@42= 7@C> @7 :56?E:7:42E:@?] $FAA@CE6CD 92G6 D2:5 =@42= xs AC@8C2>D 96=A C6D:56?ED H9@[ 7@C G2C:@FD C62D@?D[ 5@ ?@E A@DD6DD @E96C 7@C>D @7 8@G6C?>6?E\:DDF65 :56?E:7:42E:@?]k^AmkAm$E2E69@FD6 #6AF3=:42?D E9:D J62C 25G2?465 =68:D=2E:@? E@ AC@9:3:E =@42= 8@G6C?>6?ED 7C@> :DDF:?8 E96:C @H? :56?E:7:42E:@? 42C5D] %96J 2C8F65 2 AC@9:3:E:@? @? =@42= xsD 6?DFC6D 4@?D:DE6?4J 2?5 4=2C:EJ :? 8@G6C?>6?E\:DDF65 :56?E:7:42E:@? 24C@DD x@H2[ AC6G6?ED 2 A@E6?E:2= A2E49H@C< @7 hh 4@F?EJ xsD[ 2?5 AFD965 324< 2E E96 2DD6CE:@? 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