PROTECT EMPLOYEES ACT
Summary
Creates the COVID-19 School Health Care Program Vaccination Program Limitation Act. Contains only a purpose section, providing that it is the purpose of the Act to allow individuals to have the bodily autonomy to make the decision of whether or not to receive a vaccination or its related booster that was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be used under emergency use authorization for treatment of COVID-19 and providing that the State is compelled to recommend that health care facilities do not mandate that students enrolled in a health care program receive a vaccine or its related booster that has been approved under emergency use authorization as a condition of participation in any stage of the health care program. Effective immediately.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 8, 2024
Last action Feb 9, 2024
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Total actions
3
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0
Committee
1
Feb 9, 2024
House · Referred to committee
Referred to Rules Committee
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tony McCombie
RRepublican
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