HB22-1200 Summary

• Employers implementing COVID-19 vaccine requirements must grant exemptions to employees who submit written requests based on health endangerment to themselves or household members, or sincere religious beliefs.

• Employers cannot inquire into the sincerity of religious belief exemption requests and must grant them without punitive action.

• Employees terminated for refusing to comply with employer COVID-19 vaccine requirements remain eligible for unemployment benefits under the Colorado Employment Security Act.

• "Punitive action" is defined to include termination, demotion, transfer, reassignment, suspension, reprimand, warnings, work withholding, or monetary penalties related to exemption requests.

• Applies to all employers in Colorado with one or more employees, including the state and political subdivisions, and covers job applicants and unpaid interns/apprentices.