Requiring employers who impose COVID-19 vaccine requirements to allow medical and religious exemptions, providing for waiver requests, authorizing a complaint and investigation process with the secretary of labor for violations related to exemptions, enforcement actions by the attorney general and civil penalties to be imposed by a court for such violations and providing exceptions under the employment security law related to benefit eligibility conditions and disqualification conditions based on refusal to comply with COVID-19 vaccine requirements.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2021
Committee Review
Nov 2021
House Passage
Nov 2021
Senate Passage
Nov 2021
Signed into Law
Nov 2021
Introduced Nov 22, 2021
Signed Nov 22, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Nov 22, 2021 · House Nov 22, 2021
How they voted
29–6
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 39
Nov 22, 2021
D
Democratic11
45% Nay
R
Republican28
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
17
Committee
6
Amendments
10
Nov 22, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Tuesday, November 23, 2021
lower
Nov 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 77 Nay: 34
lower
Nov 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 24 Nay: 11
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Barker, Representative Owens and Representative Miller appointed as second conferees
lower
Nov 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Masterson, Senator Erickson and Senator Corson appointed as second conferees
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report now available
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Motion to accede adopted; Senator Masterson, Senator Erickson and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
lower
Nov 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 25 Nay: 13
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Straub was adopted Yea: 30 Nay: 6
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Introduced
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Straub
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Introduced
Senator Masterson raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Introduced
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator McGinn
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Pyle was adopted Yea: 28 Nay: 7
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Introduced
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Pyle
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Masterson was adopted
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Introduced
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Masterson
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Introduced
Received and Introduced
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Handwritten Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Jacobs
lower
Nov 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 78 Nay: 40
lower
Nov 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Jacobs was adopted
lower
Nov 22, 2021
Introduced
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Jacobs
lower
Nov 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Motion to move bill to Emergency Final Action Subject to Amendment and Debate, adopted by 2/3 majority.
lower
Nov 22, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brenda Landwehr
RRepublican
P
John Barker
RRepublican
P
Sean Tarwater
RRepublican
P
Stephen Owens
RRepublican
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