House Bill 426 Summary

• Defines "immunization status" as whether a person has received one or more vaccine doses and "immunity passport" as a document or digital record indicating disease immunity from vaccination or infection recovery.

• Prohibits discrimination based on immunization status or immunity passport in employment, public accommodations, and government services, with exceptions for schools, day care facilities, and nursing homes that must comply with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations.

• Allows health care facilities to request voluntary disclosure of immunization status and implement reasonable accommodation measures to protect safety from communicable diseases without violating the anti-discrimination provisions.

• Prohibits requirements for vaccines approved only under emergency use authorization or vaccines undergoing safety trials.

• Creates the Sovereign Legal Defense Fund in the state treasury, continuously appropriated to the legislature, to cover legal expenses defending Idaho's sovereign power against federal government incursions, with expenditures authorized by the senate president pro tempore and house speaker.