House File 2361 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2361 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 580) A BILL FOR An Act concerning the implantation or insertion of microchips 1 or other devices in employees by employers. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5283HV (1) 88 je/rn
H.F. 2361 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 94.1 Definitions. 1 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise 2 requires: 3 1. “Employee” means a natural person who is employed in this 4 state for wages by an employer. 5 2. “Employer” means a person, as defined in chapter 4, who 6 in this state employs for wages a natural person. 7 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 94.2 Mandatory implantation of devices 8 in employees prohibited. 9 1. An employer shall not require that an employee have 10 a microchip or other device implanted or inserted in the 11 employee’s body. An employer shall not provide any incentive 12 or privilege to an employee for agreeing to have a microchip or 13 other device implanted or inserted in the employee’s body that 14 is not equally available to employees who do not so agree. 15 2. An employee may voluntarily agree to have a microchip or 16 other device implanted or inserted in the employee’s body if 17 not required or offered an incentive or privilege to do so by 18 an employer. 19 EXPLANATION 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 21 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 22 This bill prohibits an employer from requiring that an 23 employee have a microchip or other device implanted or inserted 24 in the employee’s body. The bill also prohibits an employer 25 from providing any incentive or privilege to an employee for 26 agreeing to have a microchip or other device implanted or 27 inserted in the employee’s body that is not equally available 28 to employees who do not so agree. 29 The bill provides that an employee may voluntarily agree 30 to have a microchip or other device implanted or inserted in 31 the employee’s body if not required or offered an incentive or 32 privilege to do so by an employer. 33 -1- LSB 5283HV (1) 88 je/rn 1/ 1