Iowa-2017-SF116-Introduced
Senate File 116 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY QUIRMBACH and DVORSKY
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the obtaining of a religious exemption from
2 the required immunization of a person enrolling in any
3 elementary or secondary school or a licensed child care
4 center.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 139A.8, subsection 4, paragraph a,
1 2 subparagraph (2), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 (2) The applicant, or if the applicant is a minor, the
1 4 applicant's parent or legal guardian, submits an affidavit
1 5 signed by both the applicant, or if the applicant is a minor,
1 6 the applicant's parent or legal guardian, and the leader of the
1 7 local congregation of a recognized religious denomination of
1 8 which the applicant is an adherent or member, stating that the
1 9 immunization conflicts with the tenets and practices of a the
1 10 recognized religious denomination of to which the applicant
1 11 is an adherent or member local congregation belongs, and
1 12 that the applicant is a member in good standing of the local
1 13 congregation.
1 14 EXPLANATION
1 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
1 16 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
1 17 This bill relates to the obtaining of a religious exemption
1 18 from the required immunization of a person enrolling in any
1 19 elementary or secondary school or a licensed child care center.
1 20 Currently, an applicant, or if the applicant is a minor, the
1 21 applicant's parent or legal guardian, must submit an affidavit
1 22 signed by the applicant, or if the applicant is a minor, the
1 23 applicant's parent or legal guardian, stating that the required
1 24 immunization conflicts with the tenets and practices of a
1 25 recognized religious denomination of which the applicant is an
1 26 adherent or member in order to be exempt from the immunization
1 27 requirement. The bill amends this provision to also require
1 28 that, in addition to the applicant, or the applicant's parent
1 29 or legal guardian, the leader of the local congregation of a
1 30 recognized religious denomination of which the applicant is
1 31 an adherent or member, sign the affidavit stating that the
1 32 required immunization conflicts with the tenets and practices
1 33 of the recognized religious denomination to which the local
1 34 congregation belongs and that the applicant is a member in good
1 35 standing of the local congregation.
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