Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H2669 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1423 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2669
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to employee protections.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	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
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1423 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2669
18	18	By Representative Sullivan-Almeida of Abington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
19	19	2669) of Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida and others relative to COVID-19 mandatory vaccinations
20	20	and immunization passports for public employees. Public Service.
21	21	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
22	22	SEE [Refile Branch], NO. OF 2021-2022.]
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
26	26	(2023-2024)
27	27	_______________
28	28	An Act relative to employee protections.
29	29	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
30	30	of the same, as follows:
31	31	1 I. Protection from Forced Vaccination. -
32	32	2 Every person has the natural, essential, and inherent right to bodily integrity, free from
33	33	3any threat or compulsion by government to accept an immunization. Accordingly, no person
34	34	4may be compelled to receive an immunization for COVID-19 in order to secure, receive, or
35	35	5access any public facility, any public benefit, or any public service from the Commonwealth of
36	36	6Massachusetts, or any political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to counties, cities,
37	37	7towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public
38	38	8entities. 2 of 2
39	39	9 No person may be terminated from a position of employment at the Commonwealth of
40	40	10Massachusetts or any political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to counties, cities,
41	41	11towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public
42	42	12entities due to not receiving the COVID-19 Vaccination.
43	43	13 II. Prohibition Against Public Agencies Issuing or Establishing COVID-19 Vaccine
44	44	14Passports. –
45	45	15 Notwithstanding any other provision of State or federal law, State or federal rule,
46	46	16executive order, local ordinance, or State or local declaration of emergency, no officer or
47	47	17employee of the State or any political subdivision of the State may issue or establish any
48	48	18standardized documentation, including something styled as a vaccine passport or vaccine pass,
49	49	19for the purpose of verifying an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status to a third party, or
50	50	20otherwise publish or share any individual's COVID-19 vaccination record.
51	51	21 Nothing in this section shall prohibit an individual who has received a COVID-19
52	52	22vaccination from receiving from the person who administered the vaccine a COVID-19
53	53	23Vaccination Record Card from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicating the
54	54	24person received a COVID-19 vaccination.
55	55	25 III. This act shall take effect upon its passage.