Bill Text: IA HF2298 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to immunization against COVID-19 requirements for enrollment in any licensed child care center, elementary or secondary school, or postsecondary school in Iowa. (Formerly HF 2040.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-14 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 944. [HF2298 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2298-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
IMMUNIZATION
AGAINST
COVID-19
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
ENROLLMENT
IN
ANY
LICENSED
CHILD
CARE
CENTER,
ELEMENTARY
OR
SECONDARY
SCHOOL,
OR
POSTSECONDARY
SCHOOL
IN
IOWA.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
139A.8B
COVID-19
immunization.
1.
Notwithstanding
whether
a
person’s
attendance
is
in
person
or
virtual,
immunization
against
COVID-19
shall
not
be
required
for
a
person
to
be
enrolled
in
any
licensed
child
care
center,
elementary
or
secondary
school,
or
postsecondary
school
in
Iowa
prior
to
July
1,
2029.
2.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section:
a.
“COVID-19”
means
the
disease
caused
by
the
novel
coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2
or
a
virus
mutating
therefrom,
and
conditions
associated
with
the
disease
caused
by
the
novel
coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2
or
a
virus
mutating
therefrom.
b.
“Postsecondary
school”
means
a
postsecondary
institution
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
of
regents,
a
community
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File
2298,
p.
2
college
established
under
chapter
260C,
or
an
accredited
private
institution
as
defined
in
section
261.9.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2298,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2022
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
