AZ SB1250

Employers must provide reasonable accommodation to employees with sincerely held religious beliefs opposing COVID-19, influenza, or FDA emergency-authorized vaccines, unless accommodation poses undue hardship.

Employers are prohibited from inquiring into the veracity of an employee's religious beliefs beyond federal law requirements and from discriminating against employees based on vaccination status regarding employment, wages, or benefits.

Employers must provide a standardized form for employees to request religious exemption that includes employee information, exemption statement, declaration of religious beliefs, and conflict with vaccine, with a note that employers cannot question the sincerity of religious beliefs.

Employers must keep religious exemption requests confidential and may only share internally as necessary for processing requests or operational necessity; internal databases of exemption requests are permitted.

Employees may file complaints with the Arizona Attorney General if improperly denied religious exemption and terminated; the Attorney General must investigate and can impose a $5,000 civil penalty on employers that fail to correct noncompliance within 10 days.