2022 Regular SessionKentucky Legislature

HB28: AN ACT relating to immunization disclosure.

Legislative Summary

Create a new section in KRS Chapter 336 to prohibit public entity employers from requiring employees and applicants from disclosing his or her immunization status; create a new section in KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit postsecondary schools from requiring a student, staff, or faculty member to disclose his or her immunization status; amend KRS 344.120 to include the discrimination on the basis of "immunization status" as an unlawful practice; create a new section in KRS Chapter 365 to prohibit a business from requiring customers to disclose his or her immunization status as a condition for service or entry upon the premises; create a new KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a public entity from creating standardized documentation with the purpose of certifying vaccination status; amend KRS 214.036 to allow objection to immunization on the basis of "conscientiously held beliefs".

Bill History

6/21/2021
Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
House of Representatives
1/4/2022
introduced in House
House of Representatives
1/4/2022
to Committee on Committees (H)
House of Representatives
3/7/2022
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
House of Representatives
3/7/2022
1st reading
House of Representatives
3/7/2022
returned to Committee on Committees (H)
House of Representatives
3/7/2022
to State Government (H)
House of Representatives
3/8/2022
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
House of Representatives
3/9/2022
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 10, 2022
House of Representatives
3/9/2022
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
House of Representatives
3/10/2022
3rd reading, passed 71-22 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
House of Representatives
3/11/2022
received in Senate
Senate
3/11/2022
to Committee on Committees (S)
Senate
3/15/2022
to Health & Welfare (S)
Senate
3/25/2022
taken from Health & Welfare (S)
Senate
3/25/2022
1st reading
Senate
3/25/2022
returned to Health & Welfare (S)
Senate

Amendments

House Floor Amendment

House Floor Amendment 1

Not Adopted

House Committee Substitute

House Committee Substitute 1

Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

House: Third Reading RCS# 258
3/10/2022
71
Yea
22
Nay
0
Not Voting
7
Absent
Result: PASSED