Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H2431 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 635 FILED ON: 1/10/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2431
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	John R. Gaskey
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 prohibiting the requirement of a COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA vaccine, or gene-altering
13	13	procedure.
14	14	_______________
15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:John R. Gaskey2nd Plymouth1/10/2025Daniel Seitz31 Pleasant Street, Great Barrington,
17	17	MA 01230
18	18	1/10/2025Justin Thurber5th Bristol1/14/2025Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth2/11/2025 1 of 2
19	19	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 635 FILED ON: 1/10/2025
20	20	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2431
21	21	By Representative Gaskey of Carver, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2431) of John
22	22	R. Gaskey and others relative to prohibiting the requirement of certain vaccines. Public Health.
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
24	24	_______________
25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
26	26	(2025-2026)
27	27	_______________
28	28	An Act prohibiting the requirement of a COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA vaccine, or gene-altering
29	29	procedure.
30	30	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
31	31	of the same, as follows:
32	32	1 SECTION 1. Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition,
33	33	2is hereby amended by adding the following section:-
34	34	3 Section 245. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the
35	35	4commonwealth shall not require proof of vaccination against COVID-19, mRNA vaccine, or
36	36	5gene-altering procedure as a condition of entry to the Commonwealth.
37	37	6 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commonwealth and all of
38	38	7its agencies, authorities and political subdivisions shall not require proof of vaccination against
39	39	8COVID-19, mRNA vaccine, or gene-altering procedure as a condition of entry to a public
40	40	9building.
41	41	10 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no public or private
42	42	11elementary school, secondary school, high school, charter school, college, university or other
43	43	12post-secondary institution of higher education shall require proof of vaccination against COVID- 2 of 2
44	44	1319, mRNA vaccine, or gene-altering procedure as a condition of enrollment, access to campus or
45	45	14attendance in in-person classes.
46	46	15 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commonwealth shall not
47	47	16require any private business to require proof of vaccination against COVID-19, mRNA vaccine,
48	48	17or gene-altering procedure as a condition of entry to the business, or access to employment by
49	49	18such business.
50	50	19 SECTION 2. The first paragraph of section 92A of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as
51	51	20appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-
52	52	21 No owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent or employee of any place of
53	53	22public accommodation, resort or amusement shall, directly or indirectly, by themselves or
54	54	23another, require proof of vaccination against COVID-19, mRNA vaccine, or gene-altering
55	55	24procedure as a condition of entry to a place of public accommodation, resort or amusement.