Can your employer require you to be vaccinated for COVID-19? Federal employment laws say “yes”, but many states are beginning to bring forth legislation that will protect those who refuse, from employers who discriminate. Here’s a list of links, to bills for all 50 states that you can cut and paste into your internet browser and see where your state stands on mandatory vaccines.
Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Alabama
House Bill 214
https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB214/2021
Alaska
Senate Bill No.56
https://legiscan.com/AK/bill/SB56/2021
Arizona
Senate Bill 1648
https://legiscan.com/AZ/bill/SB1648/2021
Arkansas
House Bill 1547
https://legiscan.com/AR/bill/HB1547/2021
California
No pending legislation
Colorado
Legislation tabled indefinitely
Connecticut
Senate Bill No. 405
https://legiscan.com/CT/sponsors/SB00405/2021
House Bill No. 5401
https://legiscan.com/CT/comments/HB05401/2021
House Bill No. 5402
https://legiscan.com/CT/comments/HB05402/2021
Senate Bill No. 436
https://legiscan.com/CT/drafts/SB00436/2021
Senate Bill No. 568
https://legiscan.com/CT/rollcall/SB00568/id/997038
Delaware
Senate Bill 58
https://legiscan.com/DE/bill/SB58/2021
District of Columbia
D.C. Act 23-384
https://legiscan.com/DC/text/B24-0002/id/2226887
Florida
SB 1022
https://legiscan.com/FL/text/S1022/id/2271299
HB 6003
https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/H6003/2021
Georgia
House Bill 413
https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB413/2021
Hawaii
No pending legislation
Idaho
House Bill 63
https://legiscan.com/ID/bill/H0063/2021
Illinois
House Bill 3682
https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/HB3682/2021
Indiana
Senate Bill 74
https://legiscan.com/IN/bill/SB0074/2021
House Bill No. 1488
https://legiscan.com/IN/bill/HB1488/2021
Iowa
House File 330
https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF330
Senate File 193
https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/89/SF193.pdf
Kansas
Senate Bill 213
https://legiscan.com/KS/votes/SB213/2021
Kentucky
House Bill 36
https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB36/2021
House Bill 101
https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB101/2021
Senate Bill 37
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21rs/SB37.html
Senate Bill 98
https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB98/2021
Senate Bill 8
https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB8/2021
Louisiana
Died in committee
Maine
LD 798
https://legiscan.com/ME/text/LD798/id/2026819
Maryland
House Bill 1171
https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/HB1171/2021
Massachusetts
No pending legislation
Michigan
No pending legislation
Minnesota
HF0041
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF41&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=7
Mississippi
Died in committee
Missouri
House Bill 838
https://legiscan.com/MO/drafts/HB838/2021
Montana
Senate Bill 132
https://legiscan.com/MT/bill/SB132/2021
House Bill 334
https://legiscan.com/MT/bill/HB334/2021
Nebraska
Legislative Bill 643
https://legiscan.com/NE/bill/LB643/2021
Legislative Bill 447
https://legiscan.com/NE/drafts/LB447/2021
Nevada
No pending legislation
New Hampshire
House Bill 220
https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB220/2021
New Jersey
Assembly Bill No. 5096
https://legiscan.com/NJ/bill/A5096/2020
New Mexico
Senate Bill 408
https://legiscan.com/NM/bill/SB408/2021
New York
Assembly Bill 2081
https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A02081/2021
Assembly Bill 4602
https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A04602/2021
Assembly Bill 4269
https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A04269/2021
Senate Bill S02677
https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/S02677/2021
Senate Bill S02678
https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/S02678/2021
North Carolina
Current Law
https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/BySection/Chapter_95/GS_95-130.pdf
North Dakota
Legislation was voted down
Ohio
House Bill 268
https://www.billtrack50.com/BillDetail/1129788
Oklahoma
Senate Bill 765
https://legiscan.com/OK/bill/SB765/2021
Senate Bill 846
https://legiscan.com/OK/bill/SB846/2021
House Bill 1057
https://legiscan.com/OK/text/HB1057/id/2240465
House Bill 1671
https://legiscan.com/OK/bill/HB1671/2021
Oregon
Current Law
https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/433.416
Pennsylvania
House Bill 262
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?sYear=2021&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=262
Rhode Island
House Bill 5989
https://legiscan.com/RI/bill/H5989/2021
South Carolina
Bill 3511
https://legiscan.com/SC/bill/H3511/2021
South Dakota
House Bill 1159
https://legiscan.com/SD/bill/HB1159/2021
House Bill 1097
https://legiscan.com/SD/bill/HB1097/2021
Tennessee
Senate Bill 564
https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/SB0564/2021
Texas
House Bill 1687
https://legiscan.com/TX/text/HB1687/id/2279476
Utah
House Bill 308
https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0308.html
Vermont
No pending legislation
Virginia
House Bill No. 2268
https://legiscan.com/VA/text/HB2268/id/2239649
Senate Bill No. 1116
https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1116/2021
Washington
House Bill 1305
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1305&Initiative=false&Year=2021
Senate Bill 5144
https://legiscan.com/WA/bill/SB5144/2021?utm_campaign=rss&guid=5eSCpx8t6KvoaOcnrtQOqP
House Bill 1065
https://legiscan.com/WA/bill/HB1065/2021
West Virginia
House Bill 4114
https://legiscan.com/WV/bill/HB4114/2020
Wisconsin
Legislation was vetoed by the governor
Wyoming
HJ0016
https://legiscan.com/WY/bill/HJ0016/2021
SF0094
https://legiscan.com/WY/bill/SF0094/2021