HLS 23RS-611 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 158
BY REPRESENTATIVES EDMONSTON, AMEDEE, HODGES, AND MCCORMI CK
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
LIABILITY/CIVIL: Provides for a limitation of liability relative to the administration of
pandemic disease vaccinations
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 9:2800.30, relative to civil liability; to provide a limitation of liability for
3 refusal to mandate vaccinations for COVID-19 or other pandemic diseases; to
4 provide relative to business and professional licenses; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 9:2800.30 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง2800.30. Pandemic disease vaccination mandates; limitation of liability; protection
9 of business permits and professional licenses
10 A. No natural or juridical person shall be liable for any civil damages, and
11 no cause of action may be maintained against a natural or juridical person who, in
12 the course of, through the performance of, or by a provision of the person's business
13 operations, refuses to mandate a vaccination or immunization against COVID-19 or
14 any other pandemic disease for any employee or customer.
15 B. The state, a state agency, or a political subdivision of the state shall not
16 refuse to permit, renew, or withhold a business license or professional license solely
17 on the basis that the business has refused to mandate a vaccination or immunization
18 against COVID-19 or any other pandemic disease for any employee or customer.
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are additions. HLS 23RS-611 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 158
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 158 Original 2023 Regular Session Edmonston
Abstract: Limits civil liability for refusal to mandate vaccinations for COVID-19 or other
pandemic diseases and prohibits the denial of business permits and professional
licenses for failure to mandate such vaccines.
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 the business operations,
refuses to mandate vaccinations for COVID-19 or other pandemic diseases for any employee
or customer.
Proposed law provides that the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision shall not refuse
to permit, renew, or withhold a business license or professional license solely on the basis
of the business refusing to mandate vaccinations for COVID-19 or other pandemic diseases.
(Adds R.S. 9:2800.30)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.