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MN HF1905
Bill
Status
2/16/2023
Primary Sponsor
Walter Hudson
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AI Summary
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Prohibits any Minnesota government entity, subdivision, agent, designee, or assign from enforcing or attempting to enforce vaccine passports, passes, or credentials under any federal or state authority.
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Creates a civil cause of action allowing injured parties to sue government entities that violate this prohibition or deprive persons of freedom from vaccine passport enforcement.
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Permits courts to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to prevailing parties (excluding the state and its subdivisions) in civil actions under this section.
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Eliminates sovereign, official, and qualified immunity as affirmative defenses in lawsuits brought under this provision.
Legislative Description
Local enforcement of federal vaccine passports prohibited, and civil cause of action created.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy
2/16/2023