Bills › 89th General Assembly

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2021
  3. Done: House committeeJanuary 27, 2021
  4. Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 259
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became HF 259 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 259 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Employers cannot force their workers to have a microchip or any other device implanted in their bodies. Companies are also banned from offering special rewards or perks to employees who choose to get an implant unless those same rewards are offered to everyone. Workers can still choose to get an implant on their own, as long as their boss isn't requiring it or offering extra benefits for doing so.1

Read the official explanation

This bill prohibits an employer from requiring that an employee have a microchip or other device implanted or inserted in the employee’s body. The bill also prohibits an employer from providing any incentive or privilege to an employee for agreeing to have a microchip or other device implanted or inserted in the employee’s body that is not equally available to employees who do not so agree. The bill provides that an employee may voluntarily agree to have a microchip or other device implanted or inserted in the employee’s body if not required or offered an incentive or privilege to do so by an employer.

Full bill text2

House subcommittee

Named January 12, 2021. On January 21, 2021 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§94.1§94.2

How the Code works3

Lobbying

10 for · 1 against · 2 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.

  • HF 2361 Concerning the implantation or insertion of microchips or other devices in employees by em…
    88th General Assembly · Passed House · same title
    Passed a chamber

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