91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2211: Relating to the Iowa medical freedom Act, including limitations on requiring medical interventions by businesses, governmental entities, and educational institutions, modifying state authority during public health disasters, and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the Iowa medical freedom Act. 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 government entity that violates the provision. The bill instead broadens the scope beyond furnishing proof of having received a vaccination for COVID-19, and prohibits the discrimination of a person based on whether the person has received a medical intervention.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 12, 2026

Sen. Kara Warme (R) · kara.warme@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Sandy Salmon (R) · sandy.salmon@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 17 against

For: Iowans for Freedom; VALOR Iowa

Against: Blank Childrens Hospital; Easterseals Iowa; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Biotechnology Association; Iowa Chapter-American Academy of Pediatrics; Iowa Environmental Health Association; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Medical Society; Iowa Pharmacy Association; Iowa Primary Care Association; Iowa Public Health Association; Iowa School Nurses Organization; and 5 more

In plain words

February 5, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
February 12, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Warme, Petersen and Salmon