103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5105

 

Introduced 2/8/2024, by Rep. Adam M. Niemerg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the COVID-19 Vaccination Employer Mandate Prohibition Act. Provides that it is unlawful for an employer in the State of Illinois to create, implement, or otherwise enforce a workplace vaccination program that requires any employee to demonstrate to the employer that he or she has received 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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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5COVID-19 Vaccination Employer Mandate Prohibition Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to allow
7individuals to have the bodily autonomy to make the decision
8of whether or not to receive a vaccination or its related
9booster that was approved by the United States Food and Drug
10Administration to be used under emergency use authorization
11for treatment of COVID-19. The fact that the vaccines made
12available amid the global pandemic have been granted emergency
13use authorization means that both regulatory bodies and
14industry experts have not been allotted sufficient time to
15study either the short-term and long-term effects that may
16arise from the administration of vaccinations authorized for
17emergency use. Additionally, since COVID-19 is no longer
18categorized as a pandemic, the need for vaccine mandates is no
19longer present. Therefore, the State is compelled to prohibit
20employers from requiring that employees receive a vaccine or
21its related booster that has been approved under emergency use
22authorization as a condition of employment.
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. Prohibition. It is unlawful for an employer in
2this State to create, implement, or otherwise enforce a
3workplace vaccination program that requires an employee to
4demonstrate to the employer that he or she has received a
5vaccine or its related booster that was approved under
6emergency use authorization by the United States Food and Drug
7Administration, under the Administration's power outlined in
8Section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, for
9protection against COVID-19.
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.