HLS 21RS-343 REENGROSSED
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 103
BY REPRESENTATIVES MCCORMICK, AMEDEE, AND HODGES
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
LIABILITY/CIVIL: Provides for liability relative to the administration of COVID-19
vaccinations
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 9:2800.28, relative to civil liability; to provide for refusal to mandate COVID-
3 19 vaccination; to provide relative to business and professional licenses; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 9:2800.28 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2800.28. COVID-19 vaccination mandates; limitation of liability; protection of
8 business permits and professional licenses
9 A. No natural or juridical person shall be liable for any civil damages, and
10 no cause of action may be maintained against a natural or juridical person who, in
11 the course of, through the performance of, or by a provision of the person's business
12 operations, refuses to mandate a COVID-19 vaccination or immunization for any
13 employee or customer.
14 B. The state, a state agency, or a political subdivision of the state shall not
15 refuse to permit, renew, or withhold a business license or professional license solely
16 on the basis that the business has refused to mandate a COVID-19 vaccination or
17 immunization for any employee or customer.
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are additions. HLS 21RS-343 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 103
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 103 Reengrossed 2021 Regular Session McCormick
Abstract: Prohibits civil liability for refusal to mandate a COVID-19 vaccination and
protects business permits and professional licenses from refusal for failure to refuse
to mandate a COVID-19 vaccination.
Proposed law provides that no natural or juridical person shall be liable for any civil
damages and no cause of action may be maintained against a natural or juridical person who
in the course of, through the performance of, or by a provision of their business operations,
refuses to mandate a COVID-19 vaccination for any employee or customer.
Proposed law provides that the state, a state agency, or political subdivision thereof, shall
not refuse to permit, renew, or withhold a business license or professional license solely on
the basis of the business refusing to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations.
(Adds R.S. 9:2800.28)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Civil Law and
Procedure to the original bill:
1. Make technical changes.
2. Replace provisions of proposed law providing for civil liability with a limitation
of liability for a natural or juridical person's refusal to mandate COVID-19
vaccinations for employees and customers and add protection of business permits
and professional licenses for businesses refusing to mandate COVID-19
vaccinations.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Make technical changes.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.