SF2071 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to immunization information requested on a medical examiner report used for investigations.

Healthcare

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: GUTH
Last action: 2026-01-22
Official status: Subcommittee: Sweeney, Donahue, and Webster. S.J. 133 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to immunization information requested on a medical examiner report used for investigations.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to immunization information requested on a medical examiner report used for investigations.

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Bill History

2026-01-22 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Sweeney, Donahue, and Webster. S.J. 133 .
2026-01-21 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. S.J. 120 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to immunization information requested on a medical examiner report used for investigations.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

2071

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2071

BY

GUTH

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

immunization

information

requested

on

a

1

medical

examiner

report

used

for

investigations.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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2071

Section

1.

MEDICAL

EXAMINER

INVESTIGATION

FORM

FOR

1

CHILD

DEATHS

AGE

ZERO

TO

THREE

——

INFORMATION

REGARDING

2

IMMUNIZATIONS.

3

1.

The

report

used

by

medical

examiners

for

investigations

4

of

infants

zero

to

three

years

of

age

shall

include

a

request

5

for

information

regarding

the

date

and

type

of

the

decedent’s

6

last

immunization.

If

the

decedent

received

more

than

7

one

immunization

at

the

time

of

the

last

immunization,

the

8

information

provided

shall

include

all

immunizations

received.

9

2.

The

state

medical

examiner

shall

adopt

rules

pursuant

to

10

chapter

17A

to

comply

with

this

section.

11

EXPLANATION

12

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

13

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

14

This

bill

requires

the

report

used

by

medical

examiners

for

15

investigations

of

infants

zero

to

three

years

of

age

shall

16

include

a

request

for

information

regarding

the

date

and

17

type

of

the

decedent’s

last

immunization.

If

the

decedent

18

received

more

than

one

immunization

at

the

time

of

the

last

19

immunization,

the

information

provided

shall

include

all

20

immunizations

received.

The

bill

requires

the

state

medical

21

examiner

to

adopt

rules

to

comply

with

the

bill.

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