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2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2710

COVID Vaccine; create religious exemption to mandates and prohibit certain discrimination related thereto.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL OR PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A CHILD MAY SIGN A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION TO THE COVID VACCINE TO ATTEST THAT THE INDIVIDUAL OR CHILD IS AN ADHERENT OR FOLLOWER OF A RELIGION, THE TEACHINGS OF WHICH ARE OPPOSED TO SUCH IMMUNIZATION; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON, BUSINESS ENTITY OR A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY SHALL NOT REFUSE, WITHHOLD FROM OR DENY TO A PERSON ANY LOCAL OR STATE SERVICES, GOODS, FACILITIES, ADVANTAGES, PRIVILEGES, LICENSING, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, HEALTH CARE ACCESS OR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON THE PERSON'S RELIGIOUS OBJECTION TO THE COVID VACCINE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 17 to February 1, 2022, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published