Bill would bar Arizona governments from requiring residents to wear masks or get vaccinated

The act amends the mask rule in section 36-681 so a governmental entity may not require a resident to wear a mask or face covering on its premises. It covers the state and its political subdivisions, including the judiciary, that receive and use state tax revenues. The source mentions an exception for long-standing workplace safety and infection control measures unrelated to COVID-19, but the printing does not show whether that wording stays. The text shows an exemption for special health care districts but does not show whether it stays.

The act amends the vaccination rule in section 36-685 so a government entity may not require a resident to be vaccinated. It covers the state and its political subdivisions that receive and use tax revenues. The rule would not apply to a health care institution owned or operated by a government entity, if that exemption remains in the final text. The wording overrides other laws requiring vaccinations in title 36 or title 15, or their rules, in the version that includes "notwithstanding any other law."