SLS 22RS-104 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 1
BY SENATORS MCMATH, HENRY, MI LLIGAN, MORRIS AND TALBOT
HEALTH CARE. Constitutional amendment to provide for freedom from discrimination
relative to immunization status. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION
2 Proposing to amend Article I, Section 12 of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to
3 freedom from discrimination; to provide for a protected class based on immunization
4 status; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to electors and
5 provide a ballot proposition.
6 Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members
7 elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state, for
8 their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to amend Article I,
9 Section 12 of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
10 ยง12. Freedom from Discrimination
11 Section 12. In access to public areas, accommodations, and facilities, every person
12 shall be free from discrimination based on race, religion, or national ancestry and from
13 arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable discrimination based on age, sex, immunization
14 status, or physical condition.
15 Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted
16 to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 8,
17 2022.
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SLS 22RS-104 ORIGINAL
1 Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election
2 there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted
3 to vote YES or NO, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as
4 follows:
5 Do you support an amendment to prohibit discrimination based on
6 immunization status?
7 (Amends Const. Art. I, Sec. 12)
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 1 Original 2022 Regular Session McMath
Present constitution prohibits arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable discrimination in public
areas, accommodations, and facilities based on age, sex, or physical condition.
Proposed constitutional amendment adds immunization status as a protected class.
Specifies submission of the amendment to the voters at the statewide election to be held on
November 8, 2022.
(Amends Const. Art. I, Sec. 12)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.