| 6 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0096 |
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| 7 | 5 | | Prohibiting mask, vaccine and testing discrimination. |
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| 8 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Representative(s) McCann, Allemand, Angelos, |
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| 9 | 7 | | Bear, Brady, Heiner, Pendergraft and Webb |
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| 10 | 8 | | and Senator(s) Pearson |
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| 11 | 9 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 10 | | for |
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| 13 | 11 | | 1 AN ACT relating to public health and safety; prohibiting |
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| 14 | 12 | | 2 discrimination and publishing or advertising based on a |
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| 15 | 13 | | 3 person's vaccination, face covering or medical testing |
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| 16 | 14 | | 4 status as specified; providing a civil cause of action; |
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| 17 | 15 | | 5 providing definitions; and providing for an effective date. |
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| 18 | 16 | | 6 |
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| 19 | 17 | | 7 |
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| 20 | 18 | | 8 |
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| 21 | 19 | | 9. W.S. 35-4-140 is created to read: |
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| 23 | 21 | | 11 |
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| 25 | 23 | | 13 |
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| 26 | 24 | | 14 (a) As used in this section: |
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| 30 | 26 | | 2 identified as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus |
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| 31 | 27 | | 3 (SARS-CoV-2), any disease caused by severe acute |
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| 32 | 28 | | 4 respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), its viral |
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| 33 | 29 | | 5 fragments or a virus mutating therefrom and all conditions |
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| 34 | 30 | | 6 associated with the disease that are caused by severe acute |
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| 35 | 31 | | 7 respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), its viral |
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| 36 | 32 | | 8 fragments or a virus mutating therefrom; |
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| 37 | 33 | | 9 |
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| 38 | 34 | | 10 (ii) "COVID-19 medical testing" means testing |
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| 39 | 35 | | 11 performed to detect, diagnose or monitor COVID-19 |
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| 40 | 36 | | 12 including, but not limited to, molecular testing, |
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| 41 | 37 | | 13 temperature testing, nasal swabbing, nasopharyngeal |
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| 42 | 38 | | 14 swabbing, oropharyngeal swabbing, saliva testing, antigen |
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| 43 | 39 | | 15 testing, antibody testing, urinalysis and blood testing; |
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| 44 | 40 | | 16 |
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| 45 | 41 | | 17 (iii) "Face covering" means a mask or protective |
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| 54 | 48 | | 2 live, weakened or dead viruses designed to be administered |
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| 55 | 49 | | 3 to a person to produce immunity and prevent infectious |
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| 56 | 50 | | 4 viruses and diseases. |
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| 57 | 51 | | 5 |
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| 58 | 52 | | 6 (b) No person who receives subsidies from the state |
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| 59 | 53 | | 7 or federal government shall: |
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| 60 | 54 | | 8 |
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| 61 | 55 | | 9 (i) Refuse, withhold from or deny a person any |
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| 62 | 56 | | 10 services, goods, facilities, advantages or privileges that |
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| 63 | 57 | | 11 are public in nature or that invite the patronage of the |
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| 64 | 58 | | 12 public based on a person's COVID-19 vaccination or booster |
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| 72 | | - | 20 covering for COVID-19 |
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| 73 | | - | 21 vaccination or booster or to submit to COVID-19 medical |
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| 74 | | - | 22 testing as a condition for receiving or accessing services, 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0239 |
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| 75 | | - | ENGROSSED |
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| 76 | | - | 4HB0096 |
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| 77 | | - | 1 goods, facilities, advantages or privileges that are public |
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| 78 | | - | 2 in nature or that invite the patronage of the public. |
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| 66 | + | 20 covering, to have a COVID-19 vaccination or booster or to |
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| 67 | + | 21 submit to COVID-19 medical testing as a condition for |
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| 68 | + | 22 receiving or accessing services, goods, facilities, 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02394HB0096 |
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| 69 | + | 1 advantages or privileges that are public in nature or that |
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| 70 | + | 2 invite the patronage of the public. |
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