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HB2248 - 572R - S Ver
Senate Engrossed
House Bill
medical
interventions; prohibition
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HOUSE BILL 2248
AN
ACT
Amending title 36, chapter 6, article
4.2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-683; RELATING to
public health mandates.
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Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 6, article 4.2,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-683, to read:
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36-683.
Medical interventions; prohibition; applicability; enforcement;
definitions
A. A business entity doing business
in this state may not:
1. Refuse to provide any service,
product, admission to a venue or transportation to a person because that person
has or has not received or used a medical intervention.
2. Require any medical intervention
as a term of employment unless the terms of employment include travel to a
foreign jurisdiction requiring a medical intervention as the only means of
entry or require entry into a place of business or facility in a foreign
jurisdiction and that place of business or facility requires a medical
intervention as the only means of entry. If an employee is required
to receive or use a medical intervention due to travel to a foreign
jurisdiction or entry into a place of business or facility in a foreign
jurisdiction, the medical intervention requirement shall be included in either
a valid written employment contract between the employer and the employee or,
if a written employment contract does not exist, an advance written notice that
is provided to the impacted employee at least fourteen days before the employee
is required to receive or use the medical intervention. This paragraph does not
apply to business entities that receive medicare or medicaid funding.
B. A ticket issuer may not penalize,
discriminate against or deny access to an entertainment event by a ticket
holder because the ticket holder has or has not received or used a medical
intervention.
C. A school operating in this state
may not require a medical intervention for any person to attend the school,
enter a campus or building or be employed, subject to the parents' bill of
rights prescribed in section 1-602
, unless either:
1. The person is a student who is
prohibited from attending school pursuant to section 15-873.
2. The person has any of the
following infections or infestations and the risk of spreading the infection or
infestation is not yet sufficiently mitigated according to rules adopted by the
department:
(
a
) Acute conjunctivitis.
(
b
) A
pediculosis infestation.
(
c
) A scabies
infestation.
(
d
) A
streptococcal group A infection with streptococcal lesions or streptococcal
sore throat.
d. a business
entity operating in this state may not require a medical intervention for any
person to attend, enter the business entity's building or premises or be
employed.
e. A state, county or local
government entity or official in this state may not require any person:
1. To receive or use a medical
intervention.
2. to receive or use a medical
intervention as A condition of any of the following:
(
a
) receiving
any government benefit.
(
b
) receiving
any government service.
(
c
) receiving
any government-issued license or permit.
(
d
) entering
any building.
(
e
) using
transportation.
3. to receive or use a medical
intervention as A term of employment.
f. A business entity or a state,
county or local government in this state may not provide or offer any different
salary, hourly wage or other ongoing compensation or benefit to an employee
based on whether the employee has or has not received or used a medical
intervention.
g. The medical intervention
prohibitions prescribed in this section do not apply to any situation in which
personal protective equipment, items or clothing are required by employers in
the public or private sector based on existing traditional and accepted
industry standards or federal law. This subsection does not apply to
or include any vaccine, mask requirement or other medical intervention that was
introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
h. This section may be enforced and
injunctive relief may be pursued by either the attorney general or the
prosecuting attorney for the county where a violation occurs. If a
business entity or state, county or local government entity in this state is
found to have violated any provision of this section, the attorney general or
prosecuting attorney, as applicable, shall be awarded attorney fees and costs
incurred in pursuing the enforcement action.
i. for the purposes of this section:
1. "Business entity":
(
a
) Means any
person or group of persons that performs or engages in any activity,
enterprise, profession or occupation for gain, benefit, advantage or
livelihood, whether for profit or not-for-profit in this state.
(
b
) Includes
the following:
(
i
) any self-employed
individual, sole proprietorship, domestic corporation, association, limited
liability company, limited liability partnership, business trust, foreign
corporation, foreign limited partnership or foreign limited liability company
that is authorized to transact business in this state.
(
ii
) Any
business entity that possesses a business license, permit, certificate,
approval, registration, charter or similar form of authorization issued by this
state.
(
iii
) Any
business entity that is exempt by law from obtaining a business license.
(
iv
) Any
business entity operating unlawfully in this state without a required business
authorization.
2. "Foreign jurisdiction"
means any state, commonwealth, country, or nation outside this state.
3. "Medical intervention"
means a medical procedure, treatment, device, drug, injection, medication or
medical action taken to prevent or cure a disease or alter the health or
biological function of a person.
4. "School":
(
a
) Means any legal entity in this state that provides
instruction to students in preschool programs, kindergarten programs, any of
grades one through twelve, career and technical education programs, vocational
programs or postsecondary education.
(
b
) Includes
any public school, private school, parochial school or postsecondary
educational institution.
(
c
) Does not
include tribal colleges.
5. "Ticket issuer":
(
a
) Means an
individual or entity that provides tickets to an entertainment event.
(
b
) Includes:
(
i
) The
operator of the venue where an entertainment event occurs.
(
ii
) The
sponsor or promoter of an entertainment event.
(
iii
) A sports
team that is participating in an entertainment event or a league whose teams
are participating in an entertainment event.
(
iv
) A theater
company, musical group or similar entity that is participating in an
entertainment event.
(
v
) An agent of
any individual or entity described in this paragraph.
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Sec. 2.
Short title
This
section may be cited as the "Arizona Medical Freedom Act".