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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

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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

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