Bill Text: IL HB5162 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the COVID-19 Workplace Conscientious Objection Waiver Act. Provides that each employer in the State of Illinois shall be required to accept from an employee a sincerely held conscientious objection waiver to receiving a vaccine or its related booster that was approved under emergency use authorization by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-09 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5162 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5162-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning employment.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | COVID-19 Workplace Conscientious Objection Waiver Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | "conscientious objection" means the right of an individual to | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | refuse to participate in an activity that he or she considers | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | incompatible with his or her moral, religious, philosophical, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | or ethical beliefs.
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11 | Section 10. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to allow | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | individuals to have the bodily autonomy to make the decision | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | of whether or not to receive a vaccination or its related | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | booster that was approved by the United States Food and Drug | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Administration to be used under emergency use authorization | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | for treatment of COVID-19.
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17 | Section 15. Waiver. Each employer in the State of Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | shall be required to accept from an employee a sincerely held | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | conscientious objection waiver to receiving a vaccine or its | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | related booster that was approved under emergency use | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | authorization by the United States Food and Drug |
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1 | Administration, under the Administration's power outlined in | ||||||
2 | Section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, for | ||||||
3 | protection against COVID-19.
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