Relating to requirements and prohibitions relating to vaccines and immunizations, and providing civil remedies

This bill relates to vaccinations and immunizations. The bill is drafted in divisions. DIVISION I. Division I relates to prohibitions against COVID-19 vaccine mandates by employers. Division I prohibits an employer from failing or refusing to hire, discharge, penalize, or otherwise discriminate against an employee with respect to compensation or the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment based on the employee’s COVID-19 vaccination history or the refusal of the employee to receive a COVID-19 vaccine or provide proof of immunity. An employee whose rights are violated under the division may bring an action against an employer in the district court in the county where the employer is located for injunctive relief, actual damages, admission or reinstatement of the employee with back pay plus percent interest, or any other appropriate relief necessary to ensure compliance with the division of the bill. DIVISION II. Division II relates to prohibiting the connection of a person’s vaccination or immunity status to a state-issued driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card. Division II prohibits a driver’s license or a nonoperator’s identification card from including the vaccination or immunization status, immunity status, or test results relating to a communicable disease of the holder of any class of driver’s license or a nonoperator’s identification card and provides that an applicant for a nonoperator’s identification card shall not be required to receive the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine to be issued a card.