SF0094 • 2021

Prohibiting coerced vaccinations.

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; prohibiting governmental entities or public employees from forcing, requiring or coercing immunizations or vaccinations for COVID-19 or influenza; and providing for an effective date.

Labor

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor: Senator Bouchard
Last action: 2021-04-07
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2021

Plain English Breakdown

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Stopping Forced COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines

This act stops government groups or workers from making people get vaccines for COVID-19 or flu against their will.

What This Bill Does

Makes it illegal for any part of the government to force someone to get a vaccine for COVID-19 or flu.

Who It Names or Affects

People who might get forced to have a vaccine against their will.
Government workers and health officials who give out vaccines or make rules about them.

Terms To Know

Public Health Emergency: A situation where there is an urgent public health issue that needs quick action from the government.
Governmental Entity: Any part of the government, like a city council or state agency.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not say what happens if someone refuses these vaccines but is still required by other laws.
It only applies to specific vaccines for COVID-19 and flu; it doesn't cover all types of vaccines.
This bill was marked as inactive, meaning it did not pass in the current session.

Bill History

2021-04-07 Senate
S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
2021-03-24 Senate
S No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2021-03-12 Senate
S01 - Judiciary:Do Pass Failed 1-4-0-0-0
2021-03-01 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
2021-02-17 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2021-02-05 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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21LSO-0418
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0418
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2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0094

Prohibiting coerced vaccinations.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Bouchard, Driskill, French, Hutchings, James, McKeown and Steinmetz and Representative(s) Bear, Fortner, Gray, Styvar, Wharff and Winter

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; prohibiting governmental entities or public employees from forcing, requiring or coercing immunizations or vaccinations for COVID-19 or influenza; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 35
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140 is created to read:

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No required vaccinations for COVID
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19 or influenza.

No governmental entity or public employee shall force, require or coerce a person to receive an immunization or vaccination for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), first detected in Wuhan, Hubei province, People's Republic of China, or influenza against the person's will, nor shall the state health officer include them in any required immunization under W.S. 21
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309.

Section 2.

W.S. 35
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113(b)(intro) and 35
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115(a) by creating new paragraphs (iii) and (iv) are amended to read:

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Treatment when consent is not available; quarantine.

(b)

Except as otherwise prohibited by W.S. 35
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140, d
uring a public health emergency, the state health officer may subject a person to vaccination or medical treatment without consent in the following circumstances:

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Definitions.

(a)

As used in this article:

(iii)

"Governmental entity" means as defined in W.S. 1
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103(a)(i);

(iv)

"Public employee" means any employee of, or person providing services as an independent contractor of, a governmental entity.

Section 3.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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