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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2036: Relating to COVID-19 testing requirements by employers and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill provides that an employer that requires an employee to undergo routine COVID-19 testing as an alternative to receiving a vaccine shall pay all costs of the testing and shall compensate the employee for all time away from work to undergo testing that is not conducted on the premises of the employer. The bill provides that an employer shall not require an employee to undergo testing outside of the employee’s normal working hours. The bill takes effect upon enactment.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against

Against: Easterseals Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 14, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2036