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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
May 3, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives August,
Pronschinske, Moses,
Sortwell, Vorpagel, Macco, Plumer, Rozar, Murphy, Wittke, Tusler,
Wichgers, Callahan, Dallman, Horlacher, Armstrong, VanderMeer,
Cabral-Guevara, Spiros, Schraa, Brandtjen, Kurtz, Swearingen,
Loudenbeck, Ramthun, Kuglitsch, Born, Vos and Thiesfeldt, cosponsored
by Senators Felzkowski, Nass, Jacque, Bernier, Stroebel and Roth.
Referred to Committee on Constitution and Ethics.
AB299,1,3
1An Act to create 252.045 of the statutes;
relating to: prohibiting proof of
2vaccination for COVID-19 as a condition of receiving business and government
3services.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill forbids the state, any governmental entity, and any business or legal
entity engaged in any enterprise in the state from requiring any person to provide
proof that the person has received a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus,
which causes COVID-19, as a condition of receiving any services, transacting any
business, accessing any building, or participating in any function.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB299,1
4Section
1. 252.045 of the statutes is created to read:
AB299,2,2
5252.045 Required proof of vaccination prohibited.
(1) Except as
6provided in s. 252.04, neither the state nor any governmental entity may require any
7person to provide proof that the person has received a vaccine against the
8SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, as a condition of receiving any
1services, transacting any business, accessing any building, or participating in any
2government function.
AB299,2,8
3(2) No person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity,
4including a nonprofit organization, engaged in any enterprise in this state may
5require any person to provide proof that the person has received a vaccine against
6the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, as a condition of receiving
7any services, transacting any business, accessing any building, or participating in
8any nonprivate function.