Illinois · House Bill 5161 · 103rd General Assembly

PROTECT EMPLOYEES ACT

  1. Introduced Feb 8, 2024
  2. In committee Feb 9, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Creates the COVID-19 School Health Care Program Vaccination Program Limitation Act. Contains only a purpose section, providing that it is the purpose of the Act to allow individuals to have the bodily autonomy to make the decision of whether or not to receive a vaccination or its related booster that was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be used under emergency use authorization for…

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Creates the COVID-19 School Health Care Program Vaccination Program Limitation Act. Contains only a purpose section, providing that it is the purpose of the Act to allow individuals to have the bodily autonomy to make the decision of whether or not to receive a vaccination or its related booster that was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be used under emergency use authorization for treatment of COVID-19 and providing that the State is compelled to recommend that health care facilities do not mandate that students enrolled in a health care program receive a vaccine or its related booster that has been approved under emergency use authorization as a condition of participation in any stage of the health care program. Effective immediately.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie
  2. HouseFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  4. HouseSession Sine Die

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.