Saturday, 10 May 2025

BREAKING: State Lawmakers Pass “Medical Freedom Act” – Prohibits Mandates Based On Proof Of “Medical Intervention”

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Idaho lawmakers passed legislation that prohibits medical mandates across the state.

Senate Bill 1023, called the “Idaho Medical Freedom Act,” prevents businesses and local governments from requiring any proof of “medical intervention.”

The bill also applies to public and private schools.

The legislation amends an existing law, written to ban COVID-19 jab mandates, to include any medical treatment.

“When this bill is signed into law, Idaho will have the best health freedom laws in the country,” said state Rep. Robert Beiswenger, according to Boise State Public Radio.

The bill now heads to Gov. Brad Little’s desk.

Per Boise State Public Radio:

Vaccines, medications and all other tactics used to treat communicable diseases fall under the definition of “medical treatment.”

The bill exempts businesses whose employees travel internationally and are required to get particular vaccinations to enter certain countries. Clinics and hospitals that accept Medicare or Medicaid funds would also be exempt.

House Democratic Leader Ilana Rubel (D-Boise) said the proposal goes too far.

“[This bill] says they can’t make you bandage oozing wounds, that they can’t make you get lice treatments, that they can’t make you cover your mouth if you have ebola and you’re coughing on people,” Rubel said.

She and other Democrats in the Idaho legislature have tried for more than a decade to add gender identity and sexual orientation to the state’s anti-discrimination law to no avail.

“My baby – the Idaho Medical Freedom Act – just PASSED the Idaho legislature!!!! Now it goes the governor to be signed! Let health freedom ring!!!” Health Freedom Defense Fund President Leslie Manookian said.

Idaho News 6 reports:

Senate Bill 1023, which passed the House on Tuesday, was originally written to ban COVID-19 vaccine requirements but was amended before passing the Senate to encompass all “medical mandates.”

The bill would prevent local governments and businesses from requiring any proof of “medical intervention,” which includes any “procedures, treatments, devices, drug injections, medications, or actions taken to diagnose, prevent, or cure a disease.”

If signed by Gov. Little, the law will take effect on July 1.

Read the full bill HERE:


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