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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 5161         </title>
<shortdesc>PROTECT EMPLOYEES ACT</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Tony M. McCombie</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/7/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>New Act</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     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.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/8/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie</action>
<statusdate>2/9/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/9/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/7/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</actions>
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