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 SF 395 2023-03-01 OPPOSE Requires health care providers who are required to report to the statewide immunization registry to submit informed consent form to the registry Referred to Senate Health and Human Services Subcommittee on 3/1/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health and Human Services Subcommittee & Committee Members, your Senator and Representative, ask them to OPPOSE
IA HSB 178 2023-02-28 OPPOSE Expands vaccine registry to add all adult vaccines, registry consent refusal forms are also submitted, all vaccine administrators must be registered Scheduled for hearing in House Health and Human Services Committee on 2/28/2023 at 1:00 pm, Room 103 of the Supreme Court Chamber

Action: Contact House Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, and Senator, ask to OPPOSE
IA HF 464 (HF 283) 2023-02-27 SUPPORT Eliminates the requirement that students in independent private instruction provide proof of vaccination to the district HF 283 was renumbered as HF 464 and placed on the House Calendar on 2/27/2023

Action: Contact your Representative and Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
IA SF 323 2023-02-22 SUPPORT Prohibits employers from inquiring in employee's COVID vaccination status or test results & requiring test for past or current COVID infection Recommended for passage by subcommittee hearing of Senate Workforce Committee on 2/22/2023

Action: Contact Senate Workforce Committee Members, your Senator and Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
IA SF 238 2023-02-14 SUPPORT Requires vaccine information on death investigation forms for children under the age of 3 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services Subcommittee on 2/14/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health and Human Services Subcommittee, your Senator and Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
IA SF 99 2023-02-14 SUPPORT Requires vaccine information on death investigation forms for children under 3 Returned to Senate Health & Human Services Committee from Subcommittee without recommendation on 2/14/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Senator and Representative, ask to SUPPORT
IA HF 262 2023-02-13 SUPPORT Establishes that exemptions for vaccines required for school apply at all times including in times of emergency, pandemic, or epidemic Introduced and referred to the House Health and Human Services Committee on 2/13/2023

Action: Contact House Health and Human Services Committee Members, your Representative and Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
IA HF 187 2023-02-13 SUPPORT Removes requirement that schools teach about HPV Vaccines Recommended passage by House Education Subcommittee by vote of 2-0 on 2/13/2023

Action: Contact House Education Committee Members, your Representative & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
IA HF 166 2023-02-07 SUPPORT Prohibits minors from being able to consent to vaccines for sexually transmitted diseases on the federal vaccine injury table Introduced and referred to House Health & Human Services Committee on 2/1/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Services Committee Members, your House Member and Senator, ask them to support
IA SF 91 2023-01-26 SUPPORT Removes ability of health dept. to order vaccination during a public health disaster, removes restrictive language in religious belief exemption Senate State Government Subcommittee recommended passage on 1/26/2023

Action: Contact Senate State Government Committee Members, your Senator & Representative, ask to SUPPORT
IA SF 45 2023-01-17 SUPPORT Prohibits state labor commissioner from enforcing federal occupational safety and health standards relating to COVID-19 Recommended to pass in the Senate Workforce Subcommittee

Action: Contact your Senator & Representative, ask to SUPPORT

Announcements

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