Bill Amendment: AZ SB1494 | 2022 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 2nd Regular

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Bill Title: COVID-19 vaccine; unemployment insurance

Status: 2022-07-06 - Chapter 360 [SB1494 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2022-SB1494-SENATE_-_Mesnard_flr_amend_ref_Bill_adopted.html

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            Bill Number: S.B. 1494

            Mesnard Floor Amendment

            Reference to: printed bill

            Amendment drafted by: Jason Theodorou

 

 

FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION

 

•     Prohibits the Department of Economic Security (DES) from disqualifying an individual from unemployment benefits if an individual was terminated from employment for not receiving the COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot required by the employer.

•     Eliminates the prohibition on DES from disqualifying an individual for unemployment benefits if an individual leaves employment due to the requirement of the employer that the employee receive a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot.

 

 

Fifty-fifth Legislature                                                   Mesnard

Second Regular Session                                                  S.B. 1494

 

MESNARD FLOOR AMENDMENT

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1494

(Reference to printed bill)

 

Page 2, line 44, strike "leaves" insert "WAS TERMINATED FROM"; after second "employment" strike remainder of line

Page 3, line 1, strike "of the EMPLOYER that the employee receive" insert "for not receiving"

Line 2, after "shot" insert "required by the employer"

Amend title to conform

 

 

J.D. MESNARD

 

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