Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices; Prohibiting business entities and governmental entities from requiring a person to provide certain documentation or requiring a COVID-19 test to gain access to, entry upon, or service from such entities or as a condition of contracting, hiring, promotion, or continued employment; prohibiting business and governmental entities from refusing to hire persons, discharging persons, depriving or attempting to deprive persons of employment opportunities, adversely affecting persons with respect to employment, or otherwise discriminating against any person based on knowledge or belief of a person’s vaccination or COVID-19 postinfection recovery status or failure to take a COVID-19 test; requiring such entities to provide exemptions and reasonable accommodations for religious and medical reasons, etc.
Chapter No. 2023-43, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 238 (Ch. 2023-42)
Approved by Governor
Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
Read 3rd time
Ordered enrolled
CS passed; YEAS 84, NAYS 31
Added to Third Reading Calendar
Placed on 3rd reading
Read 2nd time
Bill referred to House Calendar
1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
Read 3rd time
Read 2nd time
Amendment(s) adopted (611288)
CS passed as amended; YEAS 29 NAYS 6
In Messages
CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/23
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 13 NAYS 5
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
Now in Fiscal Policy
Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/04/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
Introduced
Referred to Health Policy; Fiscal Policy
Filed
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| S 252 Filed | PDF HTML |
| S 252 c1 | PDF HTML |
| S 252 e1 | PDF HTML |
| S 252 er | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 611288 - Amendment to S 252 c1 | PDF HTML |
| 823424 - Amendment to Amendment (422702) to S 252 Filed | PDF HTML |
| 422702 - Amendment (Delete All) to S 252 Filed | PDF HTML |
| Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) (4/21/2023 4:10 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) (4/19/2023 8:03 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Health Policy (Post-Meeting) (4/4/2023 1:04 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) (4/2/2023 5:57 PM) |
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