AB 309

This bill prohibits discrimination on the basis of vaccination status, which is

defined in the bill as whether an individual has received one or more doses of a

vaccine. The bill also make changes to various discrimination laws, including all of

the following:

1. Current law prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and the equal

enjoyment of a public place of accommodation or amusement on the basis of a

person's disability. Current law also requires certain state agencies, authorities, and

corporations to include provisions in contracts they execute obliging the contractor

to similarly not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment. The

bill adds vaccination status as a prohibited basis for discrimination in these areas.

2. Current law prohibits the University of Wisconsin System, the Technical

College System, public elementary and secondary schools, and charter schools from

discriminating against a student on the basis of the student's disability. The bill

prohibits the same educational institutions from discriminating against a student

on the basis of the student's vaccination status. The bill also prohibits the UW

System Board of Regents from investing gifts, grants, and bequests in companies

that practice discrimination based on vaccination status.

3. Current law prohibits the exclusion of an individual from jury duty on the

basis of the individual's physical condition. The bill adds vaccination status as a

prohibited basis for exclusion of an individual from jury duty.

4. The bill prohibits discrimination against an otherwise qualified person in the

adoption of minor children because of the person's vaccination status.

5. Current law requires the heads of departments and independent agencies in

the executive branch of state government to determine whether there is arbitrary

discrimination on several bases and to take remedial action if such discrimination

is found. The bill requires these heads to also determine if there is discrimination

on the basis of vaccination status and take remedial action regarding such

discrimination.

6. Current law prohibits discrimination against an employee, prospective

employee, patient, or resident of an approved treatment facility providing treatment

of alcoholic, drug dependent, mentally ill, or developmentally disabled persons on

several bases. The bill adds vaccination status as a prohibited basis of

discrimination.

7. Current law prohibits state agency rules from discriminating against a

person on several bases. The bill adds vaccination status as a prohibited basis of

discrimination.

8. Current law prohibits discrimination on several bases in the provision of

vocational rehabilitation or mental health services. The bill adds vaccination status

to the prohibited bases of discrimination.

9. The bill prohibits an insurer from discriminating against an individual on