Iowa Advocacy

Welcome to the National Vaccine Information Center Iowa State Team page. This page, along with the email updates you will receive, will help keep you informed of what you can do in your state to help you protect and expand your rights to informed consent to vaccination.

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Action Needed Now

There are no active action alerts at this time, but please check back soon.

Bills to Watch

The following table lists the active bills of interest for all states.

State Bill Number Date Position Title Status
IA HF 303/SF 91 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Removes ability of health dept to order vaccination during a public health disaster, removes restrictive language in religious belief exemption Status: Both held over for consideration, both failed to be scheduled for hearings in their respective State Government Committees, session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: None at this time
IA SF 99 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Requires vaccine information on death investigation forms for children under 3 Status: Held over for consideration, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Health & Human Services Committee, session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: None at this time
IA HF 464 (HF 283) 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Eliminates the requirement that students in independent private instruction provide proof of vaccination to the district Status: Held over for consideration, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Education Committee, session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: None at this time
IA HF 262 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Establishes that exemptions for vaccines required for school apply at all times including in times of emergency, pandemic, or epidemic Status: Held over for consideration, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health & Human Services Committee, session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: None at this time
IA HF 166 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Prohibits minors from being able to consent to vaccines for sexually transmitted diseases on the federal vaccine injury table Status: Held over for consideration, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health & Human Services Committee, session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: None at this time
IA HF 455 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Expands Iowa Civil Rights Act to include medical or vaccination status as protected class Status: Held over for consideration, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Judiciary Committee , session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: None at this time
IA SF 323 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Prohibits employers from inquiring in employee's COVID vaccination status or test results & requiring test for past or current COVID infection Status: Held over for consideration, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Workforce Committee, session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: None at this time
IA SF 238 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Requires vaccine information on death investigation forms for children under the age of 3 Status: Held over for consideration, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Health & Human Services Subcommittee, session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: None at this time
IA HF 187 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Removes requirement that schools teach about HPV Vaccines Status: Held over for consideration, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Education Committee, session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: None at this time
IA HSB 178 2023-05-04 OPPOSE Expands vaccine registry to add all adult vaccines, registry consent refusal forms are also submitted, all vaccine administrators must be registered Status: Held over for consideration, failed to be voted on in House Health & Human Services Committee, session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: None at this time
IA SF 395 2023-05-04 OPPOSE Requires health care providers who are required to report to the statewide immunization registry to submit informed consent form to the registry Status: Held over for consideration, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Health & Human Services Subcommittee, session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: None at this time
IA SF 45 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Prohibits state labor commissioner from enforcing federal occupational safety and health standards relating to COVID-19 Status: Held over for consideration, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Workforce Committee, session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: None at this time
IA HJR 5 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Amends the state constitution protecting the right of a person to refuse any medical procedure, treatment, injection, device, vaccine or prophylactic Status: Held over for consideration, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Judiciary Committee, session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: None at this time
IA HF 369 2023-03-31 SUPPORT Allows employees injured by an employer-mandate COVID-19 vaccine to file civil suit against employer if they were injured by the vaccine Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Labor and Workforce Committee before deadline of 3/31/2023

Action: NONE
IA HF 507 2023-03-31 SUPPORT Prohibit the CDC and WHO from having jurisdiction in Iowa, increases consumer privacy in state vaccine tracking system Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for a hearing in House Health and Human Services Committee before crossover deadline of 3/31/2023

Action: NONE

Announcements

There are no announcements available at this time, but please check back soon.