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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 5

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: prohibiting mandatory vaccination for employment.

Employment Vaccination

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  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

Prohibiting vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 as condition of employment

This bill prohibits an employer from requiring an individual to receive a vaccine

against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus or show evidence of having received such a

vaccine.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Jacque (R) , Kapenga (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R) , Testin (R) , Wimberger (R)

9 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Edming and Tittl , Horlacher (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, Testin, Wimberger, Stroebel, Bernier and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Horlacher 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 26, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Ramthun added as a cosponsor

  8. Mar 2, 2021 · Senate

    Representatives Edming and Tittl added as cosponsors

  9. Mar 4, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Allen added as a cosponsor

  10. Mar 5, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor

  11. Mar 9, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Cabral-Guevara added as a cosponsor

  12. Mar 19, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor

  13. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1