Skip to content

Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 612

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: waivers from workplace immunization requirements.

Employment Vaccination

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

This bill requires any employer that requires any employee or prospective

employee to receive an immunization as a condition of employment to waive the

immunization requirement for the employee or prospective employee if the employee

or prospective employee objects to the immunization for reasons of health, religion,

or personal conviction. Under the bill, no employer may require that an employee

or prospective employee provide any explanation or justification of the employee's or

prospective employee's objection to an immunization. Further, the bill requires an

employer to inform an employee or prospective employee of the employee's or

prospective employee's right to a waiver from the employer's immunization

requirements in writing at any time the employer informs the employee or

prospective employee of the employer's immunization requirements.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Behnke (R) , Bodden (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Callahan (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Magnafici (R) , Michalski (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R) , Rettinger (R) , Rozar (R) , Sapik (R) , Schraa (R) , Schutt (R) , Sortwell (R)

4 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , Hurd (R) , Jacque (R) , Nass (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment, Ayes 5, Noes 3

Passed 5–3 Jan 25, 2024 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. Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Goeben, Rozar, Allen, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Magnafici, Michalski, Moses, Murphy, O'Connor, Rettinger, Sapik, Schraa and Schutt; cosponsored by Senators Nass and Cabral-Guevara

  2. Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment

  3. Nov 15, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Hurd added as a coauthor

  4. Nov 16, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 11, 2024 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Hong and Ohnstad

  6. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  8. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Mar 1, 2024 · Assembly

    Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor

  10. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1