00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 278                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to vaccination equivalents for the COVID-19 virus; and providing for                                   
02 an effective date."                                                                                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 18.15 is amended by adding new sections to read:                                                     
05               Article 7A. Vaccination Equivalents for COVID-19.                                                         
06 Sec. 18.15.700. Conditions of employment. Except as prohibited by federal                                               
07 law, if an employer requires an employee, as a condition of employment, to be                                           
08 vaccinated against COVID-19, the employer shall accept as equivalent to proof of                                        
09 vaccination a serology test approved by the United States Food and Drug                                                 
10       Administration that shows measurable neutralizing antibodies to COVID-19. In this                                 
11       section, "employee" and "employer" have the meanings given in AS 18.60.105(a).                                    
12 Sec. 18.15.710. Access to areas and services. Except as prohibited by federal                                           
13 law, if a business, state agency, or political subdivision of the state requires an                                     
14 individual to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to access an area or service that is open                                  

01 to the public, the business, state agency, or political subdivision shall accept as                                     
02 equivalent to proof of vaccination a serology test approved by the United States Food                                   
03 and Drug Administration that shows measurable neutralizing antibodies to COVID-19.                                      
04       In this section, "business" has the meaning given in AS 18.35.399.                                                
05            Sec. 18.15.720. Definition. In AS 18.15.700 - 18.15.720, "COVID-19" means                                    
06       the novel coronavirus disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome                                     
07       coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).                                                                                       
08    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).