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Read. Follow. Verify.Idaho House Bill 574 Bans Medical Intervention Mandates Across Schools, Businesses, and Government Agencies
Last action · February 3, 2026: Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 574 prohibits state and local governmental entities, schools, daycares, and business entities in Idaho from mandating s—including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices—as a condition of employment, service, education, or access to public facilities, taking effect July 1, 2026. The legislation voids any existing conflicting rules or policies, prohibits wage or compensation differences based on medical status, and establishes civil penalties and attorney's fees for violations.
Residents gain explicit legal protections against mandatory medical procedures across employment, schooling, and public services, while businesses and local governments face civil lawsuits, of at least $1,000 per violation, and mandatory attorney fees for enforcing medical requirements.
- Idaho Code Title 39 governs health and safety provisions, public health policies, and childhood immunization registries. context
- State preemption bills restrict local governments and political subdivisions from enacting independent rules or mandates that conflict with state statute. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Idaho residents and parents
Individuals and parents gain protections against medical intervention mandates across employment, education, and public services, along with rights to opt out of immunization registries.
Schools and daycares
Educational institutions and daycare facilities are prohibited from mandating medical interventions or requiring proof of immunization for attendance or employment.
Business entities in Idaho
Businesses are barred from denying services, admission, or employment based on medical intervention status, except for specific Medicare, Medicaid, or foreign travel exemptions.
State and local governmental entities
Government agencies cannot require medical interventions for public benefits, services, licenses, building access, or public transportation.
Key Facts
- The bill preempts the field of medical intervention laws, declaring any local law, rule, regulation, ordinance, or policy violating the chapter to be null, void, and of no force and effect.
- Businesses doing business in Idaho are prohibited from refusing service, products, venue admission, or transportation, or penalizing a person because they have or have not received a medical intervention.
- Employers cannot require a medical intervention as a term of employment or penalize employees based on medical intervention status, with specific exemptions for employers receiving Medicare or Medicaid funding or foreign travel entry requirements.
- Schools and daycares are prohibited from mandating medical interventions for attendance, campus entry, or employment, and cannot require medical documents, medical records, or proof of immunization.
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- State, county, and local governmental entities and officials cannot require any person to receive a medical intervention as a condition for government benefits, services, licenses, permits, public building entrance, public transportation, or employment.
- No entity in Idaho may offer different salaries, hourly wages, or compensation based on whether an employee has or has not received a medical intervention.
- Healthy persons may not be excluded in a disease outbreak due to their vaccination status under any circumstances.
- The attorney general or county prosecuting attorney may enforce the chapter and seek injunctive relief, and must be awarded attorney's fees and costs if a violation is found.
- Aggrieved persons may bring a civil action for injunctive relief and damages, recovering actual damages plus treble damages or $1,000 per violation, whichever is greater, alongside attorney's fees.
- The immunization registry managed by the Department of Health and Welfare remains voluntary, and parents may have all information removed or submit written statements declining immunizations.
- Disclosing registry information outside statutory authorization is a misdemeanor and creates liability for civil damages of $100 per violation.
- The provisions of the act apply at all times and cannot be suspended during any declared emergency, public health crisis, or state of emergency.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 3, 2026CommitteeReported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- Feb 2, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
Version history
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Discoveries
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Comprehensive Preemption of Local Medical Mandates
The legislation asserts total state preemption over medical intervention laws, rendering all local and institutional mandates void and establishing civil litigation pathways with treble damages.
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Sources
legislature.idaho.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 90)
- Controversy85Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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