HLS 22RS-123 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 177
BY REPRESENTATIVES EDMONSTON, AMEDEE, BAGLEY, BUTLER, ECHOLS,
GADBERRY, HODGES, HORTON, MCCORMICK, CHARLES OWEN,
SCHAMERHORN, SEAB AUGH, AND WRIGHT
DISCRIMINATION: (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits discrimination based on
vaccination or immunity status
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION
2Proposing to amend Article I, Sections 3 and 12 of the Constitution of Louisiana, to prohibit
3 arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable discrimination based on vaccination or
4 immunity status; to prohibit discrimination in access to public areas,
5 accommodations, and facilities based on vaccination or immunity status; to provide
6 for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related
7 matters.
8 Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members
9elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state of
10Louisiana, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to
11amend Article I, Sections 3 and 12 of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
12 §3. Right to Individual Dignity
13 Section 3. No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws. No
14 law shall discriminate against a person because of race or religious ideas, beliefs, or
15 affiliations. No law shall arbitrarily, capriciously, or unreasonably discriminate
16 against a person because of birth, age, sex, culture, physical condition, or political
17 ideas or affiliations. Physical condition includes a person's vaccination status or
18 immunity status. Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited, except in the
19 latter case as punishment for crime.
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1 §12. Freedom from Discrimination
2 Section 12. In access to public areas, accommodations, and facilities, every
3 person shall be free from discrimination based on race, religion, or national ancestry
4 and from arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable discrimination based on age, sex, or
5 physical condition. Physical condition includes a person's vaccination status or
6 immunity status.
7 Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted
8to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 8,
92022.
10 Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at the election,
11there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted
12to vote YES or NO, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as
13follows:
14 Do you support an amendment to prohibit arbitrary, capricious, or
15 unreasonable discrimination based on a person's vaccination status or
16 immunity status? (Amends Article I, Sections 3 and 12)
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 177 Original 2022 Regular Session Edmonston
Abstract: Prohibits arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable discrimination based on a
person's vaccination status or immunity status.
Present constitution provides that no law shall arbitrarily, capriciously, or unreasonably
discriminate against a person because of birth, age, sex, culture, physical condition, or
political ideas or affiliations.
Present constitution further provides that in access to public areas, accommodations, and
facilities, every person shall be free from arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable
discrimination based on age, sex, or physical condition
Proposed constitution maintains present constitution and provides that physical condition
includes a person's vaccination status or immunity status.
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Provides for submission of the proposed amendment to the voters at the statewide election
to be held Nov. 8, 2022.
(Amends Const. Art. I, §§3 and 12)
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