Mississippi House Bill 1450 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require Employers That Require Or Are Mandated To Require Vaccination Or Immunization For Covid-19 Or Its Variants For Its Employees To Provide A Specific Exemption Process; To Provide That The Specific Exemption Process Shall Include Options That Allow The Employee To Produce Either A Negative Test Result Showing That The Employee Is Not Positive For Covid-19, Or Proof Of Immunity For The Virus That Causes Covid-19 Or Its Variants; To Provide That The Cost Of The Testing Shall Be Covered By Any State Or Federal Funding Made Available If The Employee's Health Benefit Plan Does Not Provide Coverage For The Testing; To Provide That If An Employee Complies With The Requirements Of The Specific Exemption Process Related To Covid-19 As Required By This Act, The Employee Shall Not Be Terminated For Mandates Related To Covid-19; To Provide That If An Employee Is Terminated Due To The Employer's Violation Of This Act, The Employee May Be Eligible For Unemployment Benefits In Addition To Any Other Remedy Available To The Employee; To Amend Section 71-5-511, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provision; And For Related Purposes.

Vaccinations; require employers that mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for employees to provide exemption process.

Rep. Lee Yancey [R]

Rep. Jill Ford [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
71	5	511	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB1450.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1450IN.htm