HB 1510 Summary

• Creates new chapter 14-02.7 of North Dakota Century Code prohibiting discrimination based on vaccination status or possession of an immunity passport in employment, public accommodations, and access to state services.

• Makes it unlawful for employers to refuse employment, bar employees, or discriminate in compensation based on vaccination status or immunity passport status.

• Prohibits public accommodations from excluding, limiting, or refusing service to individuals based on vaccination status or immunity passport possession.

• Establishes exceptions allowing health care facilities to ask employees about vaccination status for workplace safety purposes and permitting nursing homes and long-term care facilities to comply with federal Medicare and Medicaid regulations.

• Amends section 23-07-17.1 to explicitly exclude COVID-19 vaccines (SARS-CoV-2) from childhood school immunization requirements while maintaining existing requirements for other vaccines such as measles, mumps, polio, and hepatitis.