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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 299

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Relating to: prohibiting proof of vaccination for COVID-19 as a condition of receiving business and government services.

Business Municipality Organization miscellaneous State agencies Vaccination

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill forbids the state, any governmental entity, and any business or legal

entity engaged in any enterprise in the state from requiring any person to provide

proof that the person has received a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus,

which causes COVID-19, as a condition of receiving any services, transacting any

business, accessing any building, or participating in any function.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , August (R) , Born (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Horlacher (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kurtz (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Macco (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Plumer (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Swearingen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Vos (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

10 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Behnke (R) , Bernier (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Jacque (R) , Nass (R) , Roth (R) , Steffen (R) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Constitution and Ethics, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Jun 9, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 60–37 Jun 16, 2021 official source full page

Aye · 60

Not voting · 1

Senate: Report concurrence without recommendation, pursuant to Senate Rule 27 (4)(a), by Committee on Health, Ayes 2, Noes 2

Failed 2–2 Feb 11, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 20–12 Feb 15, 2022 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. May 3, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives August, Pronschinske, Moses, Sortwell, Vorpagel, Macco, Plumer, Rozar, Murphy, Wittke, Tusler, Wichgers, Callahan, Dallman, Horlacher, Armstrong, VanderMeer, Cabral-Guevara, Spiros, Schraa, Brandtjen, Kurtz, Swearingen, Loudenbeck, Ramthun, Kuglitsch, Born, Vos and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Felzkowski, Nass, Jacque, Bernier, Stroebel and Roth

  2. May 3, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Constitution and Ethics

  3. May 24, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Behnke added as a coauthor

  4. Jun 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jun 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Allen added as a coauthor

  6. Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Edming added as a coauthor

  7. Jun 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Jun 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Constitution and Ethics, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  9. Jun 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jun 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-16-2021 by Committee on Rules

  11. Jun 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  12. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 60, Noes 37

  16. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Jun 17, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Jun 21, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health

  19. Jan 12, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  20. Feb 10, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  21. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Report concurrence without recommendation, pursuant to Senate Rule 27 (4)(a), by Committee on Health, Ayes 2, Noes 2

  22. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  23. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-15-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  24. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  25. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  27. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 20, Noes 12

  28. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  30. Feb 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2022

  31. Apr 13, 2022 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-13-2022

  32. Apr 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-15-2022

  33. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  34. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82