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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HJR 5: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to medical treatment

Did not pass · It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended.

What it does

This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to medical treatment specifying “The right of a person to refuse any medical procedure, treatment, injection, device, vaccine, or prophylactic shall not be questioned or interfered with in any manner. Equality of rights and liberty under the law and in the domain of public accommodations shall not be denied, abridged, or restricted due to the exercise of the right under this section.” The resolution, if adopted, would be published and then referred to the next general assembly (91st) for adoption before being submitted to the electorate for ratification.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

In plain words

  1. February 8, 2023Filed 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/90/HJR5