HSB 580 (LSB 5283YC (3) 88)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON HOLT)

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning the implantation or insertion of microchips or other devices in employees by employers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  94.1  Definitions.
   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
   1.  “Employee” means a natural person who is employed in this state for wages by an employer.
   2.  “Employer” means a person, as defined in chapter 4, who in this state employs for wages a natural person.
    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  94.2  Mandatory implantation of devices in employees prohibited.
   1.  An employer shall not require that an employee have a microchip or other device implanted or inserted in the employee’s body. An employer shall not provide any incentive or privilege to an employee for agreeing to have a microchip or other device implanted or inserted in the employee’s body that is not equally available to employees who do not so agree.
   2.  An employee may voluntarily agree to have a microchip or other device implanted or inserted in the employee’s body if not required or offered an incentive or privilege to do so by an employer. 
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill prohibits an employer from requiring that an employee have a microchip or other device implanted or inserted in the employee’s body. The bill also prohibits an employer from providing any incentive or privilege to an employee for agreeing to have a microchip or other device implanted or inserted in the employee’s body that is not equally available to employees who do not so agree.
   The bill provides that an employee may voluntarily agree to have a microchip or other device implanted or inserted in the employee’s body if not required or offered an incentive or privilege to do so by an employer.