House Bill 425 Summary

• Declares that federal vaccine mandates for workers and contractors constitute unconstitutional overreach and expresses legislative intent to protect Idaho residents from federal vaccine requirements.

• Adds definitions for "immunization status" (whether a person has received one or more vaccine doses) and "immunity passport" (document or digital record indicating disease immunity) to Idaho's anti-discrimination law.

• Prohibits discrimination based on immunization status or immunity passport in employment, government services, health care access, and public accommodations, with exceptions for schools, day care facilities, and nursing homes subject to federal Medicare/Medicaid regulations.

• Allows health care facilities to ask employees and contractors to voluntarily disclose immunization status and implement reasonable accommodation measures to protect against communicable diseases.

• Creates the Federal Overreach Legal Defense Fund in the state treasury with $2,000,000 appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 2022, authorizing legislative leadership to use funds for legal expenses defending Idaho against federal overreach.