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                                       HOUSE BILL 9077
                                           By Sexton C
                                      AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9;
                                            Title 14; Title 29; Title 38; Title 49; Title 50; Title 63
                                            and Title 68, relative to addressing the COVID-19
                                            pandemic.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
       SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-7-303(a)(1), is amended by
adding the following as a new subdivision:
              (C) The disqualification provided in subdivision (a)(1)(A) does not apply to a claimant who left employment because the claimant was required to receive an
       immunization or vaccination for COVID-19, and the claimant refused to receive the immunization or vaccination.
       SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-7-303(c), is amended by adding the following as a new subdivision:
              (4) Benefits shall not be reduced or denied under this chapter to an otherwise eligible claimant for separation from employment due to the claimant refusing to receive
       a vaccination for COVID-19.
       SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
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Statutes affected: 
Current Version: 50-7-303(a)(1), 50-7-303, 50-7-303(c)