Bill Text: IA HF507 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to public health and safety, prohibiting health mandates and requirements by federal and nongovernmental health organizations, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 441. [HF507 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF507-Introduced.html
House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
STOLTENBERG
,
M.
THOMPSON
,
HAYES
,
OSMUNDSON
,
THOMSON
,
GERHOLD
,
SHERMAN
,
CISNEROS
,
and
DIEKEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
public
health
and
safety,
prohibiting
health
1
mandates
and
requirements
by
federal
and
nongovernmental
2
health
organizations,
and
including
effective
date
3
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
PUBLIC
HEALTH
AND
SAFETY
——
PROHIBITIONS
ON
1
CERTAIN
MANDATES
AND
REQUIREMENTS.
2
1.
The
United
States
centers
for
disease
control
and
3
prevention
or
any
other
federal
agency,
department,
or
4
official,
and
the
world
health
organization
or
any
other
5
similar
multinational
entity
asserting
authority
under
6
color
of
law
or
pursuant
to
any
alleged
treaty
shall
have
7
no
jurisdiction
in
Iowa,
and
any
requirements,
mandates,
8
recommendations,
instructions,
or
guidance
provided
by
these
9
entities
shall
not
be
used
in
this
state
to
justify
any
mask,
10
vaccine,
or
medical
testing
requirements
and
shall
have
no
11
force
or
effect
in
Iowa.
12
2.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
to
the
contrary,
the
13
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
not
do
any
of
the
14
following:
15
a.
Require
a
person
to
enroll
in
the
statewide
immunization
16
registry
or
otherwise
submit
to
any
form
of
immunization
17
tracking.
18
b.
Include
a
person’s
immunization
record
in
any
interstate
19
or
federal
immunization
tracking
system.
20
c.
For
the
purpose
of
including
a
person’s
immunization
21
record
in
any
interstate
or
federal
immunization
tracking
22
system,
allow
any
person,
not
otherwise
authorized
by
law,
to
23
have
access
to
another
person’s
immunization
record
without
24
first
obtaining
written
informed
consent
for
release
of
the
25
record
from
the
person
who
is
the
subject
of
the
record
or,
if
26
that
person
is
a
minor,
the
minor’s
parent
or
guardian.
27
3.
The
general
assembly
having
found
that
the
general
28
assembly
has
validly
reserved
its
powers
concerning
the
issues
29
specified
in
this
section
under
the
tenth
amendment
to
the
30
Constitution
of
the
United
States
and
the
Constitution
of
the
31
State
of
Iowa,
the
attorney
general
is
authorized
and
directed
32
to
request
orders,
injunctions,
and
such
other
writs
as
are
33
necessary
to
compel
compliance
with
this
section.
34
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
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EXPLANATION
2
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
3
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
4
This
bill
relates
to
public
health
and
safety
including
5
provisions
relating
to
mask,
vaccine,
or
medical
testing
6
requirements
and
those
relating
to
immunizations.
7
The
bill
provides
that
the
United
States
centers
for
disease
8
control
and
prevention
or
any
other
federal
agency,
department,
9
or
official,
and
the
world
health
organization
or
any
similar
10
multinational
entity
shall
have
no
jurisdiction
in
Iowa,
and
11
any
requirements,
mandates,
recommendations,
instructions,
12
or
guidance
provided
by
these
entities
shall
not
be
used
in
13
this
state
to
justify
any
mask,
vaccine,
or
medical
testing
14
requirements
and
shall
have
no
force
or
effect
in
Iowa.
15
The
bill
prohibits
the
department
of
health
and
human
16
services
from
requiring
a
person
to
enroll
in
the
statewide
17
immunization
registry
or
otherwise
submit
to
any
form
of
18
immunization
tracking;
from
including
a
person’s
immunization
19
record
in
any
interstate
or
federal
immunization
tracking
20
system;
and
for
the
purpose
of
including
a
person’s
21
immunization
record
in
any
interstate
or
federal
immunization
22
tracking
system,
from
allowing
any
person,
not
otherwise
23
authorized
by
law,
to
have
access
to
another
person’s
24
immunization
record
without
first
obtaining
written
informed
25
consent
for
release
of
the
record
from
the
person
who
is
the
26
subject
of
the
record
or,
if
that
person
is
a
minor,
the
27
minor’s
parent
or
guardian.
28
The
bill
also
authorizes
and
directs
the
attorney
general
to
29
request
orders,
injunctions,
and
other
writs
as
are
necessary
30
to
compel
compliance
with
the
bill.
31
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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