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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5162 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | 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. |
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| | HB5162 | | LRB103 38364 SPS 68499 b |
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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 |