Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices
Summary
Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices; Prohibiting business entities and governmental entities from requiring a person to provide certain documentation or requiring a COVID-19 test to gain access to, entry upon, or service from such entities or as a condition of contracting, hiring, promotion, or continued employment; prohibiting business and governmental entities from refusing to hire persons, discharging persons, depriving or attempting to deprive persons of employment opportunities, adversely affecting persons with respect to employment, or otherwise discriminating against any person based on knowledge or belief of a person’s vaccination or COVID-19 postinfection recovery status or failure to take a COVID-19 test; requiring such entities to provide exemptions and reasonable accommodations for religious and medical reasons, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Signed May 11, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 27, 2023 · House May 3, 2023
How they voted
28–6
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 39
Apr 27, 2023
D
Democratic11
54% Nay
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 12, 2023
Legislature · Passed
Chapter No. 2023-43, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 238 (Ch. 2023-42)
legislature
May 11, 2023
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
May 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 84, NAYS 31
lower
May 1, 2023
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Apr 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 29 NAYS 6
upper
Apr 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (611288)
upper
Apr 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Apr 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Apr 4, 2023
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 30, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/04/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Mar 6, 2023
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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