Bill Text: IL HB4106 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Higher Education COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Prohibition Act. Provides that an institution of higher education may not require a person to obtain a COVID-19 vaccination or show a COVID-19 vaccine credential as a condition of enrollment at the institution of higher education or participation as a student in any of its programs. Defines terms. Amends the College Student Immunization Act to make a related change. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-29 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant [HB4106 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4106-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4106 Introduced , by Rep. Andrew S. Chesney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
110 ILCS 20/2 from Ch. 144, par. 2602
Creates the Higher Education COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Prohibition Act. Provides that an institution of higher education may not require a person to obtain a COVID-19 vaccination or show a COVID-19 vaccine credential as a condition of enrollment at the institution of higher education or participation as a student in any of its programs. Defines terms. Amends the College Student Immunization Act to make a related change. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Higher
Education COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Prohibition Act.
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Institution of higher education" means an institution
located in this State that is either (i) a public college or
university or (ii) a nonpublic college or university that has
received any funding assistance or any public funds from the
State of Illinois in the previous fiscal year.
"Vaccine credential" means any written or electronic
record evidencing that a person has received a vaccine.
Section 10. COVID-19 vaccine requirement prohibited.
Notwithstanding any requirements under the College Student
Immunization Act or rules of the Department of Public Health
to the contrary, an institution of higher education may not
require a person to obtain a COVID-19 vaccination or show a
COVID-19 vaccine credential as a condition of enrollment at
the institution of higher education or participation as a
student in any of its programs.

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Section 90. The College Student Immunization Act is
amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
(110 ILCS 20/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 2602)
Sec. 2. Proof of immunization. No person shall attend a
post-secondary educational institution without presenting
proof that he or she has received such immunizations against
preventable communicable diseases as the Department shall
require by rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this
Act and the Communicable Disease Prevention Act "An Act in
relation to the prevention of certain communicable diseases",
approved July 5, 1967, as now or hereafter amended, except as
provided in Section 3 of this Act and except as otherwise
provided in the Higher Education COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
Prohibition Act. The proof of immunization required by this
Section shall be presented to the post-secondary educational
institution.
(Source: P.A. 85-1315.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.