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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3001 Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Freedom from COVID-19 Vaccination for State Employees Act. Provides that no individual shall be required to obtain a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment with a State agency. Provides that no State employee may be disciplined, discharged, or demoted for failing to obtain a COVID-19 vaccination. Defines "appointee", "COVID-19 vaccination", "employee", "State agency", and "State employee". Effective immediately.
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| | HB3001 | | LRB103 05675 JDS 50694 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Freedom from COVID-19 Vaccination for State Employees Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
| 7 | | "Appointee" means a person appointed to a position in or |
| 8 | | with a State agency, regardless of whether the position is |
| 9 | | compensated. |
| 10 | | "COVID-19 vaccination" means any vaccination that is |
| 11 | | intended to provide or improve acquired immunity from the |
| 12 | | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) |
| 13 | | virus or any variant of that virus. |
| 14 | | "Employee" means (i) any person employed full-time, |
| 15 | | part-time, or under a contract and whose employment duties are |
| 16 | | subject to the direction and control of an employer with |
| 17 | | regard to the material details of how the work is to be |
| 18 | | performed, (ii) any appointed or elected commissioner, |
| 19 | | trustee, director, or board member of a board of a State |
| 20 | | agency, including any retirement system or investment board |
| 21 | | subject to the Illinois Pension Code, or (iii) any other |
| 22 | | appointee. |
| 23 | | "State agency" has the meaning ascribed to that term in |