Prohibiting a governmental entity or public official from ordering or otherwise requiring a person to wear a face mask as a response to a contagious or infectious disease and from restricting worship services or activities; providing that orders and similar actions by public officials relating to gathering limitations and business restrictions shall not exceed 30 days in duration at a time before being renewed or allowed to expire; prohibiting school officials from issuing or requiring use of a COVID-19 vaccination passport or discriminating against a student based upon COVID-19 vaccination status; requiring schools to recognize exemptions from vaccination requirements; prescribing powers, duties and functions of the board of education of each school district, the governing body of each community college and the governing body of each technical college related to contagious or infectious disease and modifying judicial review provisions related thereto; and removing the sunset provision in the COVID-19 contact tracing privacy act.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2022
Last action May 23, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 23, 2022
How they voted
22–14
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
Mar 23, 2022
D
Democratic11
100% Nay
R
Republican27
81% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Amendments
6
Mar 29, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
lower
Mar 28, 2022
Introduced
Received and Introduced
lower
Mar 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 24 Nay: 14
upper
Mar 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
upper
Mar 22, 2022
Amended
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Pettey was rejected
upper
Mar 22, 2022
Introduced
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Pettey
upper
Mar 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Steffen was adopted Yea: 23 Nay: 11
upper
Mar 22, 2022
Introduced
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Steffen
upper
Mar 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hilderbrand was adopted
upper
Mar 22, 2022
Introduced
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Hilderbrand
upper
Mar 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Mar 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
upper
Mar 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
Mar 1, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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