Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 601 — COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement, discrimination prohibited.

Last action — Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 5-N)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement;discrimination prohibited. Prohibits the State Health Commissionerand the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices, the Department of Health Professions and any regulatoryboard therein, and the Department of Social Services from requiringany person, including any child, to undergo vaccination for COVID-19and prohibits discrimination based on a person's COVID-19 vaccinationstatus (i) with regard to education, employment, or issuance of adriver's license or other state identification or (ii) in numerous other contexts.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 5-N)

  2. Assigned Education sub: Health Professions

  3. Impact statement from DPB (SB601)

  4. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103794D

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (145)

145 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 5-N)

Passed 9 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9500
Total 9500
% of votes cast 64%36%0%0%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Barker, George L. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Nay
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Nay
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Nay
Newman, Stephen D. — Nay
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Nay

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Subjects

civil-rights healthcare labor education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 601 do?
COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement;discrimination prohibited. Prohibits the State Health Commissionerand the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices, the Department of Health Professions and any regulatoryboard therein, and the Department of Social Services from requiringany person, including any child, to undergo vaccination for COVID-19and prohibits discrimination based on a person's COVID-19 vaccinationstatus (i) with regard to education, employment, or issuance of adriver's license or other state identification or (ii) in numerous other contexts.
Who sponsors SB 601?
SB 601 is sponsored by Wren M. Williams, Campbell, Ronnie R., and Chase, Amanda F..
What is the current status of SB 601?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 601?
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