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 SF 2196 (SF 2003) 2024-03-19 SUPPORT Requires school communication recommending vaccines to include information on exemptions, applies to registration and websites of schools & child care Status: SF 2196 is eligible for a House floor vote of 3/19/2024

Action: Contact your Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
IA HF 2280 (HF 464) (HF 283) 2024-03-13 SUPPORT Eliminates the requirement that students in independent private instruction provide proof of vaccination to the district Status: HF 2280 recommended for passage in Senate Education Subcommittee on 3/13/2024; passed full House on 3/7/2024

Action: Contact Senate Education Committee Members & your Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
IA HF 2528 2024-02-15 SUPPORT Requires healthcare provider verbally provide patient w/ VICP info incl liability protection, req.'s vaccine advertisements disclose limited liability Status: Referred to House Health and Human Services Committee on 2/15/2024

Action: Contact the House Health and Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
IA SF 2064 2024-02-14 SUPPORT Excepts STD vaccines from existing law granting a minor legal capacity to consent to medical treatment to prevent or treat STDs Status: Recommended for passage in Senate Health and Human Services Committee by vote of 10 Yeas, 5 Nays, on 2/14/2024

Action: Contact your Senator & Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
IA SF 2271 2024-02-12 SUPPORT Creates publicly available anonymized biographical information & vaccine record data for deceased individuals Status: Referred to Senate Health and Human Services Subcommittee on 2/12/2024

Action: Contact the Senate Health and Human Services Subcommittee Members, your Senator & Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
IA HF 2333 2024-02-06 SUPPORT Establishes a state vaccine adverse event reporting system & vaccine injury compensation program that replicates federal programs Status: Referred to the House Health and Human Services Committee on 2/6/2024

Action: Contact House Health and Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
IA SF 2149 2024-01-31 SUPPORT Requires medical examiner investigations of infant deaths age 0 to 3 to include previous vaccination Status: Referred to Senate Health and Human Services Subcommittee on 1/30/2024

Action: Contact Senate Health and Human Services Subcommittee Members, your Senator, & Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
IA HF 2041/SF 2058 2024-01-23 SUPPORT Requires DHHS to require health care provider to obtain opt-in written informed consent prior to reporting vaccine administration to registry or IHIN Status: HF 2041 referred to the House Health & Human Services Comm, 1/16/2024 | SF 2058 referred to Senate Health & Human Service Comm Subcommittee, 1/23/2024

Action: Contact House Health & Human Services Comm Members, Senate House & Human Services Subcomm members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
IA HF 2071 2024-01-17 OPPOSE Prohibits vaccine mandates unless certain conditions are met Status: Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on 1/17/2024

Action: Contact the House Judiciary Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to OPPOSE
IA HF 2055 2024-01-17 SUPPORT Prohibits all school or child care vaccine requirements & COVID-19 vaccine for post-secondary edu, relaxes vaccine documentation for foster care Status: Referred to House Health and Human Services Committee on 1/17/2024

Action: Contact House Health and Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
IA HF 2044 2024-01-16 SUPPORT Excepts vaccines on vaccine injury table from existing law granting a minor legal capacity to consent to medical treatment to prevent or treat STDs Status: Referred to the House Health and Human Services Committee on 1/16/2024

Action: Contact House Health and Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
IA HF 2047 2024-01-16 SUPPORT Adds vaccination status to existing civil rights protections Status: Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on 1/17/2024

Action: Contact the House Judiciary Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
IA HF 507 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Prohibits the CDC and WHO from having jurisdiction in Iowa, increases consumer privacy in state vaccine tracking system Status: Held over for consideration in 2024, failed to be scheduled for hearing in H. Health & Human Services Committee; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact House Health and Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
IA HF 369 2023-05-04 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: Held over for consideration in 2024, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Labor and Workforce Committee; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact House Labor and Workforce Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
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 in 2024, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health & Human Services Committee; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
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 in 2024, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health & Human Services Committee; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
IA SF 99 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Requires vaccine information on death investigation forms for children under 3 Status: Held over for consideration in 2024, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Health & Human Services Committee; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
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 in 2024, failed to be scheduled for hearings in their respective State Government Comm; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact House & Senate State Government Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
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 in 2024, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Health & Human Services Subcommittee; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Subcommittee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to OPPOSE
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 in 2024, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Health & Human Services Subcommittee; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Subcommittee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
IA HF 187 2023-05-04 SUPPORT Removes requirement that schools teach about HPV Vaccines Status: Held over for consideration in 2024, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Education Committee; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact House Education Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
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 in 2024, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Judiciary Committee; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact House Judiciary Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
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 in 2024, failed to be voted on in House Health & Human Services Committee; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to OPPOSE
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 in 2024, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Judiciary Committee; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact House Judiciary Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
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 in 2024, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Workforce Committee; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact Senate Workforce Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
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 in 2024, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Workforce Committee; session ended on 5/4/2023

Action: Contact Senate Workforce Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT

Announcements

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