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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 4

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Relating to: prohibiting certain government officials from mandating vaccination against the 2019 novel coronavirus.

Disease Health services department of — Administration Public health Vaccination

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

The bill prohibits the Department of Health Services and local health officers

from requiring individuals to receive a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2

coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. Under current law, during a state of

emergency related to public health declared by the governor, DHS may order any

individual to receive a vaccination, except under certain medical circumstances or

if the individual objects for religious or conscience reasons, and may isolate or

quarantine an individual who is unwilling or unable to be vaccinated.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Bradley (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Jacque (R) , Kapenga (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Petrowski (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wimberger (R)

12 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Brooks (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming and Tittl , Horlacher (R) , Plumer (R) , Ramthun (R) , Schraa (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jan 22, 2021 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Jan 15, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque, Felzkowski, Kapenga, Marklein, Petrowski, Wanggaard, Wimberger, Stroebel, Bernier, Stafsholt, Nass, Ballweg and Bradley; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Horlacher, Brooks and Schraa

  2. Jan 15, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Human Services, Children and Families

  3. Jan 21, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 21, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Jan 22, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  6. Jan 22, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Feb 12, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Feb 15, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Allen added as a cosponsor

  9. Feb 16, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. Feb 16, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Feb 16, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Feb 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  13. Feb 16, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 16, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Ramthun added as a cosponsor

  16. Mar 1, 2021 · Assembly

    Representatives Edming and Tittl added as cosponsors

  17. Mar 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Plumer added as a cosponsor

  18. Mar 5, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor

  19. Mar 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Cabral-Guevara added as a cosponsor

  20. Mar 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Dittrich added as a cosponsor

  21. Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  22. Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-23-2021 by Committee on Rules

  23. Mar 19, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor

  24. Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hong, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pope, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink

  25. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1