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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
November 19, 2021 - Introduced by Senators Nass,
Bernier and Jacque,
cosponsored by Representatives
Sortwell, Moses, Cabral-Guevara, Knodl,
Kuglitsch, Plumer, Rozar, Schraa, Tusler, Brandtjen, Wichgers,
Thiesfeldt and Allen. Referred to Committee on Labor and Regulatory
Reform.
SB721,1,2
1An Act to create 102.03 (7) of the statutes;
relating to: employer liability under
2worker's compensation for mandatory or coerced COVID-19 vaccines.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides that, for the purposes of worker's compensation, an injury
caused to an employee by a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that the
employee was required by or coerced by his or her employer to receive is presumed
to be caused by the individual's employment.
The presumption requires a diagnosis and may be rebutted by specific evidence
that the injury was caused outside of employment.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB721,1
3Section
1. 102.03 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
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102.03
(7) (a) For the purposes of benefits under this chapter, where an injury
5to an employee is found to be caused by a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2
6coronavirus that the employee was required by or coerced by his or her employer to
7receive, the injury is presumed to be caused by the individual's employment.
SB721,2,2
1(b) An injury claimed under par. (a) must be accompanied by a specific
2diagnosis by a physician.
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(c) An injury claimed under par. (a) may be rebutted by specific evidence that
4the injury was not caused by receiving the vaccine.
