Bill Text: IA HF2047 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to vaccination status and disability for purposes of the state civil rights law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-16 - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 91. [HF2047 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2047-Introduced.html
House File 2047 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2047 BY SHIPLEY A BILL FOR An Act relating to vaccination status and disability for 1 purposes of the state civil rights law. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5245YH (2) 90 je/jh
H.F. 2047 Section 1. Section 216.2, subsection 5, Code 2024, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 5. “Disability” means the physical or mental condition 3 of a person which constitutes a substantial disability, the 4 condition of whether or not a person is vaccinated against 5 a particular disease, and the condition of a person with 6 a positive human immunodeficiency virus test result, a 7 diagnosis of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, a diagnosis 8 of acquired immune deficiency syndrome-related complex, or 9 any other condition related to acquired immune deficiency 10 syndrome. The inclusion of a condition related to a positive 11 human immunodeficiency virus test result in the meaning of 12 “disability” under the provisions of this chapter does not 13 preclude the application of the provisions of this chapter 14 to conditions resulting from other contagious or infectious 15 diseases. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill provides that the definition of “disability” for 20 purposes of Code chapter 216, the Iowa civil rights Act of 21 1965, includes the condition of whether or not a person is 22 vaccinated against a particular disease. 23 -1- LSB 5245YH (2) 90 je/jh 1/ 1
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