Rep. LONG proposes the following Amendment No.���� to H.4100 as introduced by Ways & Means

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EXPLANATION: Prohibit employees from being required to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 522, after line 35, by adding an appropriately numbered proviso to read:

/ (GP: Prohibit Mandatory Employee Vaccination) State agencies, public schools, institutions of higher learning, and local governmental entities shall be prohibited from requiring employees to undergo vaccination to prevent COVID-19. Agencies, schools, institutions, entities shall not utilize state, federal, or other funds appropriated in this act to take any discriminatory action against an employee choosing not to receive the vaccine. /

Amend totals and titles to conform.