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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1423 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2669
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to employee protections.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth1/18/2023Michael J. Soter8th Worcester1/26/2023David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth2/9/2023Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk2/14/2023Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.5th Worcester2/15/2023Peter J. Durant6th Worcester2/23/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1423 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2669
By Representative Sullivan-Almeida of Abington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
2669) of Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida and others relative to COVID-19 mandatory vaccinations
and immunization passports for public employees. Public Service.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE [Refile Branch], NO. OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to employee protections.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 I. Protection from Forced Vaccination. -
2 Every person has the natural, essential, and inherent right to bodily integrity, free from
3any threat or compulsion by government to accept an immunization. Accordingly, no person
4may be compelled to receive an immunization for COVID-19 in order to secure, receive, or
5access any public facility, any public benefit, or any public service from the Commonwealth of
6Massachusetts, or any political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to counties, cities,
7towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public
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9 No person may be terminated from a position of employment at the Commonwealth of
10Massachusetts or any political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to counties, cities,
11towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public
12entities due to not receiving the COVID-19 Vaccination.
13 II. Prohibition Against Public Agencies Issuing or Establishing COVID-19 Vaccine
14Passports. –
15 Notwithstanding any other provision of State or federal law, State or federal rule,
16executive order, local ordinance, or State or local declaration of emergency, no officer or
17employee of the State or any political subdivision of the State may issue or establish any
18standardized documentation, including something styled as a vaccine passport or vaccine pass,
19for the purpose of verifying an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status to a third party, or
20otherwise publish or share any individual's COVID-19 vaccination record.
21 Nothing in this section shall prohibit an individual who has received a COVID-19
22vaccination from receiving from the person who administered the vaccine a COVID-19
23Vaccination Record Card from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicating the
24person received a COVID-19 vaccination.
25 III. This act shall take effect upon its passage.