CS/SB 252 (2023) -  Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices

General Bill by Fiscal Policy and Burton (CO-SPONSORS) Perry
Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices: Prohibiting business entities and governmental entities from requiring a person to provide certain documentation or requiring a COVID-19 test to gain access to, entry upon, or service from such entities or as a condition of contracting, hiring, promotion, or continued employment; prohibiting business and governmental entities from refusing to hire persons, discharging persons, depriving or attempting to deprive persons of employment opportunities, adversely affecting persons with respect to employment, or otherwise discriminating against any person based on knowledge or belief of a person’s vaccination or COVID-19 postinfection recovery status or failure to take a COVID-19 test; requiring such entities to provide exemptions and reasonable accommodations for religious and medical reasons, etc.
Effective Date: 06/01/2023 except as otherwise provided
Last Event: 05/12/23 Chapter No. 2023-43, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 238 (Ch. 2023-42) on Friday, May 12, 2023 10:26 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
    • On agenda for: 04/04/23 8:30 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 11   Nays 0
  • Fiscal Policy
    • On agenda for: 04/20/23 9:30 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 13   Nays 5

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/SB 238 Subject: Public Records/Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices Relationship: Linked
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 1013 Subject: Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices Relationship: Similar
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 1015 Subject: Pub. Rec./Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Fiscal Policy 4/21/2023 4:11:54 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Fiscal Policy 4/19/2023 8:04:21 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 4/4/2023 1:04:34 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 4/2/2023 5:58:28 PM

Vote History

Chamber Date Yeas Nays Action Action 2 Vote Detail Barcode
Chamber: Senate Date: 04/27/2023 03:00 PM   Yeas: 29 Nays: 6 Action: Action 2: Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 17] Barcode:
Chamber: House Date: 05/03/2023 02:31 PM   Yeas: 84 Nays: 31 Action: Action 2: Passage Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 454] Barcode:

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: Chapter No. 2023-43, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 238 (Ch. 2023-42) Time: 05/12/2023 - 10:26 AM Member: Committee: Version: er
Event: Approved by Governor Time: 05/11/2023 - 5:00 PM Member: Committee: Version: er
Event: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor Time: 05/09/2023 - 3:05 PM Member: Committee: Version: er
Event: H Message sent to senate Time: 05/03/2023 - 3:01 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: S Ordered enrolled Time: 05/03/2023 - 2:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H CS passed; YEAS 84, NAYS 31 Time: 05/03/2023 - 2:31 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Read 3rd time Time: 05/03/2023 - 2:00 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Added to Third Reading Calendar Time: 05/02/2023 - 10:39 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Placed on 3rd reading Time: 05/02/2023 - 9:57 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Read 2nd time Time: 05/02/2023 - 9:41 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 05/01/2023 - 8:45 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023) Time: 05/01/2023 - 6:00 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Bill referred to House Calendar Time: 05/01/2023 - 5:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H In Messages Time: 04/27/2023 - 6:12 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: S CS passed as amended; YEAS 29 NAYS 6 -SJ 569 Time: 04/27/2023 - 3:00 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Read 3rd time -SJ 569 Time: 04/27/2023 - 2:50 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Amendment(s) adopted (611288) -SJ 569 Time: 04/27/2023 - 2:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 568 Time: 04/27/2023 - 2:16 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time Time: 04/25/2023 - 9:57 PM Member: Committee: Fiscal Policy Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/23 Time: 04/24/2023 - 4:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading Time: 04/24/2023 - 10:10 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/24/2023 - 8:55 AM Member: Committee: Fiscal Policy Version: __
Event: S CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 13 NAYS 5 Time: 04/20/2023 - 7:26 PM Member: Committee: Fiscal Policy Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 04/17/2023 - 3:52 PM Member: Committee: Fiscal Policy Version: __
Event: S Now in Fiscal Policy Time: 04/04/2023 - 2:35 PM Member: Committee: Fiscal Policy Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 Time: 04/04/2023 - 11:16 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/04/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 03/30/2023 - 4:03 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Introduced Time: 03/07/2023 - 10:45 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Fiscal Policy Time: 03/06/2023 - 12:31 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 03/03/2023 - 5:25 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
381.00316 SB 222, HB 305, CS/CS/HB 1013
381.00319 SB 32, CS/CS/HB 1013, CS/CS/HB 1015*, HB 7011
381.00321 CS/CS/HB 1013, CS/CS/HB 1403, CS/SB 1580
395.1057 CS/CS/HB 1013
408.824 CS/CS/HB 1013
456.62 CS/CS/HB 1013
465.0266 CS/CS/HB 1013
1002.20 CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 1, SB 32, HB 51, CS/SB 190, CS/CS/SB 202, CS/CS/HB 225, CS/HB 259, CS/CS/SB 308, SB 590, SB 650, HB 817, SB 826, HB 961, SB 992, CS/CS/HB 1013, CS/CS/SB 1430, HB 1453, CS/CS/CS/HB 1537, HB 7011, CS/CS/HB 7039

(*) Not the latest version