PRINTER'S NO. 369

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

446

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, PENNYCUICK, DUSH, BARTOLOTTA, BROOKS,

HUTCHINSON AND J. WARD, FEBRUARY 24, 2023

REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Title 51 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 2318. Vaccine exemption.

(a) Exemption.--In accordance with section 525 of the James

M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

2023 (Public Law 117-263), no member or employee of the

Pennsylvania National Guard or Air National Guard may be

required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. No administrative or

legal actions may be taken against a member or employee of the

Pennsylvania National Guard or Air National Guard with the

restoration of any lost benefit and payment in the time between

the involuntary separation of the individual and reinstatement.

(c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following

words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this

subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"COVID-19." The novel coronavirus as identified in the

Governor's proclamation of disaster emergency issued on March 6,

2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020).

"COVID-19 vaccine." A vaccine for COVID-19 that has received

emergency use authorization or approval from the United States