SSHB498 3645 3940 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 498 2021 Regular Session Edmonston DISCRIMINATION: Prohibits discrimination by government agencies and officials on the basis of vaccination or immunity status Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.Limits the prohibition against discrimination to apply only to access to state facilities based on a person's COVID-19 vaccination status. Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate Proposed law prohibits the denial of access to a state-owned, state-funded, or state-operated facility intended for public use by a person based on whether the person has received a COVID-19 vaccination during the time period that the COVID-19 vaccinations are administered pursuant to emergency use authorization from the Federal Drug Administration. (Adds R.S. 49:147) Page 1 of 1