Signed by Governor Kim Reynolds

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the implementation of COVID-19 vaccine passports.

Highlights:

• Defines “business” means a retailer required to obtain a sales tax permit pursuant to chapter 423, a nonprofit or not-for-profit organization, or an establishment which is open to the public at large or where entrance is limited by a cover charge or membership requirement, but does not include a health care facility (Sec. 2-3.a).

• Defines “governmental entity” as the state or any political subdivision of the state that owns, leases, or operates buildings under the control of the state or a political subdivision of the state, but does not include a health care facility (Sec. 2-3.b).

• Requires the state or any political subdivision of the state to not include on an identification card issued by the state or political subdivision information regarding whether the holder of the identification card has received a vaccination for COVID-19 (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits a business or governmental entity from requiring a customer, patron, client, patient, or other person who is invited onto the premises of the business or governmental entity to furnish proof of having received a vaccination for COVID-19 before entering onto the premises of the business or governmental entity (Sec. 2-1).

• Prohibits grants or contracts funded by state revenue from being awarded to or renewed with respect to a business or governmental entity that violates subsection 1 on or after the effective date of this Act (Sec. 2-2).

• Prohibits prohibits a business or governmental entity, defined in the bill, from requiring a customer, patron, client, patient, or other person who is invited onto the premises to furnish proof of having received a vaccination for COVID-19 before entering a premise of a business or governmental entity (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the implementation of COVID-19 vaccine passports.

Highlights:

• Defines “business” means a retailer required to obtain a sales tax permit pursuant to chapter 423, a nonprofit or not-for-profit organization, or an establishment which is open to the public at large or where entrance is limited by a cover charge or membership requirement, but does not include a health care facility (Sec. 2-3.a).

• Defines “governmental entity” as the state or any political subdivision of the state that owns, leases, or operates buildings under the control of the state or a political subdivision of the state, but does not include a health care facility (Sec. 2-3.b).

• Requires the state or any political subdivision of the state to not include on an identification card issued by the state or political subdivision information regarding whether the holder of the identification card has received a vaccination for COVID-19 (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits a business or governmental entity from requiring a customer, patron, client, patient, or other person who is invited onto the premises of the business or governmental entity to furnish proof of having received a vaccination for COVID-19 before entering onto the premises of the business or governmental entity (Sec. 2-1).

• Prohibits grants or contracts funded by state revenue from being awarded to or renewed with respect to a business or governmental entity that violates subsection 1 on or after the effective date of this Act (Sec. 2-2).

• Prohibits prohibits a business or governmental entity, defined in the bill, from requiring a customer, patron, client, patient, or other person who is invited onto the premises to furnish proof of having received a vaccination for COVID-19 before entering a premise of a business or governmental entity (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text