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Relating to limitations on the immunization of children for enrollment in any licensed child care center or elementary or secondary school in the state and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee
Topics:K–12 educationHealth careCities & countiesChild care
Same legislation: SSB 3004
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2022
- Done: Senate committeeJanuary 19, 2022
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Statewide rules for required vaccinations in schools and child care centers will now be the same across all of Iowa. Local governments cannot pass their own different laws regarding these immunization requirements. Medical and religious exemptions for these shots will still apply even during a declared health emergency or epidemic.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to vaccinations required for enrollment in any licensed child care center or elementary or secondary school. The bill requires that the provisions of the Code section and rules adopted pursuant to the Code section related to required immunizations of children for enrollment in any licensed child care center or elementary or secondary school shall be implemented uniformly throughout the state and shall supersede and preempt any local legislation adopted by a local governmental entity that conflicts with any provision of the Code section. The bill defines “local governmental entity” and “local legislation” for the purposes of the bill. The bill also provides that the medical and religious exemptions for required vaccinations apply in times of emergency or epidemic as determined by the state board of health and as declared by the director of public health. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 12, 2022 (as SSB 3004). On January 19, 2022 it recommended passage.
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