H.B. 1007, Face Covering Requirements, 2021 First Special Session

The record

Jurisdiction

Utah

Level

State

Authority

Statute amending Utah Code 53B-2-113, 53B-3-103, 53G-9-210

Issued

2021-05-28 May 28, 2021

Effective

2021-05-28

End

Continuing law (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

May 28, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingOther

Addressees

• institutions of higher education
• Utah Board of Higher Education
• State Board of Education, LEAs and schools

Functions reached

• IN in-person instruction (schools barred from imposing masks)
• CP campus housing
• AC athletics
• framework for the Aug.-Sept. 2021 county school mask orders

Collection

Utah UT

Operative words

53B-2-113(3)(b) An institution of higher education described in Section 53B-2-101 may not require an individual to wear a face covering to attend or participate in in-person instruction, institution-sponsored athletics, institution-sponsored extracurricular activities, in dormitories, or in any other place on a campus of an institution within the system of higher education at any time after the end of the spring semester in 2021.... (5) Nothing in this section restricts a state or local health department from acting under applicable law to contain the spread of an infectious disease.... (1) An institution of higher education... may not require proof of vaccination as a condition for enrollment or attendance unless the institution allows for the following exemptions: (a) a medical exemption...; and (b) a personal exemption...

Enforcement

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