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ID S1023

Bill

Status

Enrolled

3/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Health and Welfare Committee

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Renames the "Coronavirus Stop Act" to the "Idaho Medical Freedom Act" and expands protections beyond COVID-19 to cover all "medical interventions," defined as any procedure, treatment, device, drug injection, medication, or action to diagnose, prevent, or cure disease

  • Prohibits Idaho businesses from refusing services, products, venue admission, or transportation based on whether a person has received any medical intervention, and bars employers from requiring medical interventions except where federal law or foreign travel requirements apply

  • Prohibits all public, private, and parochial schools in Idaho—from preschool through universities—from mandating any medical intervention for attendance, campus access, or employment

  • Bars state, county, and local governments from requiring medical interventions for government benefits, services, licenses, permits, public building entry, public transportation, or as a condition of employment (except entities receiving Medicare/Medicaid funding)

  • Declares an emergency with an effective date of July 1, 2025, and authorizes enforcement through injunctive relief by the attorney general or county prosecuting attorneys, with attorney's fees awarded for successful enforcement actions

Legislative Description

Amends existing law to prohibit medical mandates under certain conditions.

MEDICAL FREEDOM

Last Action

Filed in Office of Secretary of Senate

3/29/2025

Committee Referrals

Health and Welfare2/27/2025
State Affairs1/24/2025
Judiciary and Rules1/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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