2021 21LSO-1043
STATE OF WYOMING
SENATE FILE NO. SF1017
Schools-health mandate prohibition.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) McKeown and Representative(s) Bear
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to public health; prohibiting the state
2 superintendent, state board of education or any board of
3 trustees of a school district from implementing contagious
4 disease prevention mandates; repealing mandatory
5 immunizations for children attending schools and child
6 caring facilities; making conforming amendments; and
7 providing for an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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11 Section 1. W.S. 21-1-105 is created to read:
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13 21-1-105. Prohibition against contagious disease
14 prevention requirements.
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1 The state superintendent, the state board or any board of
2 trustees of a school district shall not issue any order,
3 policy or other requirement that restricts individuals'
4 movements, their ability to engage in any activity, or
5 imposes personal protective equipment requirements for the
6 purposes of preventing or limiting the transmission of a
7 contagious or possibly contagious disease. The authority to
8 restrict individuals' movements or their ability to engage
9 in any activity for the purposes of preventing or limiting
10 the transmission of a contagious or possibly contagious
11 disease shall vest in the state health officer or the
12 appropriate county, municipal or district health officer as
13 authorized under Wyoming law, including W.S. 35-1-240 and
14 35-1-310.
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16 Section 2. W.S. 7-19-201(a)(i), 14-2-308(a)(ii)(B),
17 21-24-104(c) and 35-4-113(a) are amended to read:
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19 7-19-201. State or national criminal history record
20 information.
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1 (a) The following persons shall be required to submit
2 to fingerprinting in order to obtain state and national
3 criminal history record information:
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5 (i) Employees of substitute care providers
6 certified by the department of family services pursuant to
7 W.S. 14-4-101 through 14-4-116 14-4-115;
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9 14-2-308. Definitions.
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11 (a) As used in this act:
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13 (ii) "Authorized agency" means:
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15 (B) A private child welfare agency
16 certified by the state for such purposes pursuant to W.S.
17 1-22-101 through 1-22-114, 14-6-201 through 14-6-243,
18 14-4-101 through 14-4-116, 1-22-101 through 1-22-114
19 14-4-115;
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21 21-24-104. Educational records and enrollment.
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1 (c) Compacting states shall give thirty (30) days
2 from the date of entry, for students to obtain and provide
3 proof of any immunization required by the receiving state.
4 For a series of immunizations, initial vaccinations shall
5 be obtained within thirty (30) days and the child shall be
6 permitted to attend school while receiving continuing
7 immunization if the school administrator receives
8 notification or a waiver is granted in accordance with W.S.
9 21-4-309 the law of the receiving state.
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11 35-4-113. Treatment when consent is not available;
12 quarantine.
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14 (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this
15 section, W.S. 14-4-116 and 21-4-309, the state health
16 officer shall not subject any person to any vaccination or
17 medical treatment without the consent of the person.
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19 Section 3. W.S. 14-4-116 and 21-4-309 are repealed.
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21 Section 4. This act is effective July 1, 2022.
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23 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 7-19-201, 14-2-308, 21-24-104, 35-4-113, 14-4-116, 21-4-309