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Utah House passes bill limiting employer mandates for COVID rules, adds exemptions and testing-pay requirement
Summary
The Utah House on Nov. 10 passed Second Substitute Senate Bill 2004 (55–17), which limits how and when employers may require COVID-19 vaccination or testing: it requires employers that mandate testing to pay for tests and mandates three exemption categories (medical, religious, personal); it exempts certain employers and clarifies a University of Utah medical center carve-out.
The Utah House passed Second Substitute Senate Bill 2004 on Nov. 10 after hours of debate over where state authority ends and federal law begins. The bill requires that if a private employer mandates COVID-19 vaccination, it must allow medical, religious and personal exemptions, and if a business mandates testing the employer must pay for those tests. The measure passed the House 55–17 and will return to the Senate for further consideration.
Sponsor Representative Schultz, describing the legislation, said the changes “clarify to make sure that the University of Utah's medical center only … is exempted from this bill” and summarized the bill’s core provisions: three exemptions for vaccine mandates and an employer obligation to shoulder testing costs when testing is required. Schultz also noted…
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