Bill Summary

SB 252 Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices (2023 Session)
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Sponsors
by Burton Co Sponsors: Perry CS Sponsors: Fiscal Policy
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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. Effective Date: except as otherwise provided this act shalltake effect June 1, 2023.
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committees of reference
   S Health Policy
   S Fiscal Policy
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Actions
03/03/23
SENATE
Filed
03/06/23
SENATE
Referred to Health Policy; Fiscal Policy
03/30/23
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Health Policy, 04/04/23, 8:30 am, 412 K
04/04/23
SENATE
Favorable by Health Policy; 11 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/04/23
SENATE
Now in Fiscal Policy
04/17/23
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Fiscal Policy, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 412 K
04/20/23
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Fiscal Policy; 13 Yeas, 5 Nays
04/24/23
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
04/24/23
SENATE
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/24/23
SENATE
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/23
04/27/23
SENATE
Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (611288); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 29 Yeas / 6 Nays)
04/27/23
SENATE
Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/27/23
HOUSE 
In Messages
05/01/23
HOUSE 
Received; Referred to House Calendar
05/01/23
HOUSE 
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/02/23
05/02/23
HOUSE 
Read Second Time; Placed on Third Reading, 05/03/23
05/03/23
HOUSE 
Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 84 Yeas / 31 Nays)
05/03/23
SENATE
Ordered enrolled
05/04/23
SENATE
Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
05/09/23
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Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 05/24/23)
05/11/23
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Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2023-43
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bill text & filed amendments
0252
Filed on 03/03/23
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Amendment 422702 DE
Burton
Filed on 04/19/23
Replaced by CS
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Amendment 823424 AA
Burton
Filed on 04/19/23
Replaced by CS
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0252C1
Filed on 04/24/23
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Amendment 611288
Burton
Filed on 04/27/23
Adopted on 2nd Reading
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0252E1
Filed on 04/27/23
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
0252ER
Filed on 05/04/23
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
381.00316
381.00319
381.00321
395.1057
408.824
456.62
465.0266
1002.2
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