Bill Text: AZ SB1424 | 2023 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Vaccines; masks; requirements; prohibition
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-01 - Senate read second time [SB1424 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2023-SB1424-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: vaccines; masks; requirements; prohibition |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023
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SB 1424 |
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Introduced by Senator Wadsack: Representatives Jones, McGarr
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An Act
amending sections 36-681 and 36-685, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to public health.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 36-681, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
36-681. Governmental entities; businesses; masks; prohibition; definition
A. A governmental entity or business in this state may not impose any requirement to wear a mask or face covering anywhere on the governmental entity's or business's premises, except where long-standing workplace safety and infection control measures that are unrelated to COVID-19 may be required.
B. The requirements of this section do not apply to a special health care district established pursuant to title 48, chapter 31.
C. B. For the purposes of this section, "governmental entity" means this state and any political subdivision of this state, including the judiciary, that receives and uses state tax revenues.
Sec. 2. Section 36-685, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
36-685. Government entities; businesses; vaccinations; prohibition; definition
A. Any A government entity may not require a resident of this state to receive a vaccination for COVID-19 or any variant of COVID-19.
B. Subsection A of this section does not apply to a health care institution that is owned or operated by a government entity in this state.
B. A business in this state may not require an employee or contract worker to receive a vaccination for COVID-19 or any variant of COVID-19 as a condition of employment, except as required by federal law.
C. For the purposes of this section, "government entity" means this state and any political subdivision of this state that receives and uses tax revenues.
