A bill for an act relating to immunization information requested on a medical examiner report used for investigations.
This bill requires medical examiners in Iowa to add specific questions about an infant's most recent immunizations to death investigation reports for children aged zero to three. It mandates including the date and type of the decedent's last immunization, and if multiple shots were given at once, all must be recorded. The state medical examiner must create implementing rules to follow these requirements. This change directly affects medical examiners and health investigators handling infant death cases in Iowa.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2026
Last action Jan 22, 2026
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2
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Committee
1
Jan 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Sweeney, Donahue, and Webster.
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dennis Guth
RRepublican
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