This bill ensures that individuals can claim a religious exemption from any vaccine requirement imposed by entities that receive or benefit from public funds.
The Bill
TITLE: An act to require the availability of religious exemptions from vaccine mandates imposed by entities that receive or benefit from public funds.
PURPOSE: Ensures individuals may obtain a religious exemption from any vaccine mandate imposed by entities that receive or benefit from public funds.
JUSTIFICATION: Protects religious freedom by preventing individuals from being coerced to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs as a condition for accessing opportunities, programs, or benefits offered by any entity that receives or benefits from public funds. Reinforces constitutional protections of religious exercise.
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- No further documentation or verification of the religious beliefs shall be required.
- No entity that receives or benefits from public funds may deny, restrict, or condition any right, benefit, opportunity, or privilege—or retaliate in any way—against any person for exercising the right to a religious exemption under this section.