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SB 680: Protection of Medical Freedom

GENERAL BILL by Gruters

Protection of Medical Freedom; Prohibiting the Department of Health from requiring enrollment in the state’s immunization registry or otherwise requiring persons to submit to immunization tracking; prohibiting business entities from requiring individuals to provide proof of vaccination or postinfection recovery from any communicable disease to gain access to, entry upon, or service from such entities; adding a person’s vaccination and immunity status to the prohibited forms of discrimination by local housing assistance plans; prohibiting employers from refusing employment to, or discharging, disciplining, demoting, or otherwise discriminating against, an individual solely on the basis of vaccination or immunity status; prohibiting places of public accommodation from discriminating on the basis of vaccination or immunity status; prohibiting the Department of Health from requiring, as a school-entry requirement, that children receive immunizations approved only for emergency use, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 3/8/2024 Senate - Died in Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Health Policy (HP)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/5/2023 Senate • Filed
    12/13/2023 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Health Policy; Rules
    1/9/2024 Senate • Introduced
    3/8/2024 Senate • Died in Judiciary

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  • SB 680, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/5/2023 at 9:17 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1535 Public Health Mandates and Policies Plakon Compare Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee

    Citations - Statutes (33)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    381.003 Communicable disease and AIDS prevention and control. Page 5 (pdf)
    381.00316 Discrimination by governmental and business entities based on health care choices; prohibition. Page 8 (pdf)
    381.00318 Complaints and investigations regarding mandate prohibitions; public records exemption. Page 34 (pdf)
    381.00319 Prohibition on mask mandates and vaccination and testing mandates for educational institutions. Page 11 (pdf)
    420.9075 Local housing assistance plans; partnerships. Page 11 (pdf)
    448.077 Page 11 (pdf)
    626.9708 Page 13 (pdf)
    627.6441 Page 14 (pdf)
    627.6614 Page 14 (pdf)
    641.31078 Page 15 (pdf)
    760.01 Purposes; construction; title. Page 16 (pdf)
    760.02 Definitions. Page 16 (pdf)
    760.05 Functions of the commission. Page 19 (pdf)
    760.07 Remedies for unlawful discrimination. Page 19 (pdf)
    760.08 Discrimination in places of public accommodation. Page 20 (pdf)
    760.10 Unlawful employment practices. Page 20 (pdf)
    760.11 Administrative and civil remedies; construction. Page 35 (pdf), Page 37 (pdf)
    760.20 Fair Housing Act; short title. Page 37 (pdf)
    760.22 Definitions. Page 24 (pdf)
    760.23 Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing and other prohibited practices. Page 24 (pdf)
    760.24 Discrimination in the provision of brokerage services. Page 26 (pdf)
    760.25 Discrimination in the financing of housing or in residential real estate transactions. Page 26 (pdf)
    760.26 Prohibited discrimination in land use decisions and in permitting of development. Page 27 (pdf)
    760.29 Exemptions. Page 28 (pdf)
    760.30 Administration of ss. 760.20-760.37. Page 37 (pdf)
    760.31 Powers and duties of commission. Page 38 (pdf)
    760.34 Enforcement. Page 38 (pdf)
    760.35 Civil actions and relief; administrative procedures. Page 41 (pdf)
    760.37 Interference, coercion, or intimidation; enforcement by administrative or civil action. Page 42 (pdf)
    760.60 Discriminatory practices of certain clubs prohibited; remedies. Page 30 (pdf)
    1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights. Page 31 (pdf)
    1002.42 Private schools. Page 42 (pdf)
    1003.22 School-entry health examinations; immunization against communicable diseases; exemptions; duties of Department of Health. Page 33 (pdf)

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