REFERENCE TITLE: government mask mandate; prohibition

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

SB 1298

Introduced by

Senator Rogers

AN ACT

repealing Title 36, chapter 6, article 4.2, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 36, chapter 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new article 4.2; relating to public health control.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Repeal

Title 36, chapter 6, article 4.2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.

Sec. 2. Title 36, chapter 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new article 4.2, to read:

ARTICLE 4.2. PUBLIC HEALTH MANDATES

START_STATUTE36-681. Governmental entities; masks; prohibition; exception; definition

A. A governmental entity may not impose on a resident of this state any requirement to wear a mask or face covering, except where long-standing workplace safety and infection control measures THAT are unrelated to COVID-19 may be required.

B. For the purposes of this section, "governmental entity" means this state and any political subdivision of this state, including the judiciary, that receives and uses state tax revenues. END_STATUTE