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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

HSB 647: HSB 647

Became HF 2545 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill relates to the prohibited required disclosure of, and discrimination based on, a person’s medical treatment status or the furnishing of an immunity passport. The bill amends Code chapter 27C (proof of vaccination for COVID-19). The bill strikes current provisions prohibiting the required furnishing of proof of a vaccination for COVID-19 and the prohibition against the awarding or renewal of grants or contracts funded by state revenue to a business or governmental entity that violates this provision.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 1, 2022

  • Rep. Jon Jacobsen (R)
  • Rep. Brooke Boden (R) · brooke.boden@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Bruce Hunter (D)

Lobbying · 5 for, 25 against

For: Concerned Women For America of Iowa; Informed Choice Iowa; Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; VALOR Iowa

Against: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN); American Lung Association; Association of periOperative Nurses; Des Moines University; Easterseals Iowa; EveryStep; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Iowa Association of Area Agencies on Aging; Iowa Association of Community Providers; Iowa Association of Rural Health Clinics; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Behavioral Health Association (IBHA); and 13 more

In plain words

  1. February 1, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee
  2. February 1, 2022House subcommittee named: Jacobsen, Boden and Hunter
  3. February 11, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
  4. February 16, 2022Approved by the House committee
  5. March 1, 2022Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2545

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HSB647