HB 2316
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
HB2316: federal government; mandatory vaccinations; prohibition
S/E: vaccinations; discriminatory practices; prohibitions
Sponsor: Representative Jones, LD 17
Committee on Health & Human Services
Summary of the Strike-Everything Amendment to HB 2316
Overview
Outlines unlawful discriminatory practices relating to vaccines, vaccination status and immunity
passports.
History
A.R.S. § 36-685 prohibits any government entity from requiring an Arizona resident to receive a
vaccination for COVID-19 or any variant of COVID-19. Currently, this prohibition does not apply
to health care institutions that are owned or operated by a government entity in Arizona.
Government entity means this state and any political subdivision of this state that receives and
uses tax revenues.
Provisions
1. Mandates that it is an unlawful discriminatory practice for:
a) a person or a government entity to refuse, withhold from or deny to a person any local or
state services, goods, facilities, advantages, privileges, licensing, educational or
employment opportunities or health care access based on the person's vaccination status
or whether the person has an immunity passport;
b) an employer to refuse or bar a person from employment or to discriminate against a person
in compensation or in term, condition or privilege of employment based on the person's
vaccination status or whether the person has an immunity passport;
c) a public accommodation to exclude, limit, segregate, refuse to serve or otherwise
discriminate against a person based on the person's vaccination status or whether the
person has an immunity passport. (Sec. 1)
2. Specifies that a person, government entity or an employer does not unlawfully discriminate if
they recommend that an employee receive a vaccine. (Sec. 1)
3. States that a person may not be required to receive any vaccine for which a United States
Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization has been issued or any vaccine
undergoing safety trials. (Sec. 1)
4. Specifies that these requirements do not apply to:
a) health care institutions as defined in statute; and
b) immunization requirements for school attendance or childcare facilities. (Sec. 1)
5. Defines the following terms:
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a) employer;
b) immunity passport; and
c) vaccine status (Sec. 1)
6. Includes a public policy statement. (Sec. 2)
7. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)