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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 1033  
January Session, 2025  
LCO No. 3366 
 
 
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES  
 
 
Introduced by:  
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist. 
REP. DAUPHINAIS, 44th Dist. 
REP. MASTROFRANCESCO, 80th Dist. 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE STATE FROM INQUIRING ABOUT THE 
SINCERITY OF A STATE EMPLOYEE'S RELIGIOUS BELIEFS WHEN 
REQUESTING A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION TO A VACCINE MANDATE. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the state from 1 
requiring any state employee who is subject to a vaccine mandate to 2 
assert anything more than that the employee objects to receiving such 3 
vaccine on religious grounds. 4 
Statement of Purpose:   
To prohibit the state from inquiring about the sincerity of a state 
employee's religious beliefs when requesting a religious exemption to a 
vaccine mandate.