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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6558 
To ensure that the right to vote shall not be impaired due to vaccination 
status. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2022 
Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 
HICE of Georgia, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BUDD, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. 
TIFFANY, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. PERRY, Mr. CLOUD, 
Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. 
GIBBS, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. MAST, Mr. 
BABIN, Mr. CAWTHORN, and Mrs. FISCHBACH) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure that the right to vote shall not be impaired due 
to vaccination status. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Enfranchise-
ment and the Rights of Voters regardless of Inoculation 
Status Act’’ or the ‘‘SERVIS Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RIGHT TO VOTE SHALL NOT BE IMPAIRED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any State 
or political subdivision, as such term is used in the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), to require 
or impose a requirement that a voter or voters must 
present a vaccine passport or otherwise present informa-
tion regarding their vaccination status in order to exercise 
the right to vote, including to vote in person, in any elec-
tion involving any candidate for Federal office. 
(b) MASKING REQUIREMENT.—A State or political 
subdivision may require that a voter wear a mask in order 
to enter a polling location only if— 
(1) the State or political subdivision makes 
readily available and at no cost to the voter or any 
individual who accompanies the voter a mask suffi-
cient to comply with any applicable masking require-
ment; and 
(2) the State or political subdivision provides 
reasonable accommodation from such requirement 
for individuals with a disability as recognized under 
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). 
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘vaccination status’’ means— 
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(1) an individual’s status based on the vol-
untary election to receive or not to receive a 
COVID–19 vaccine; and 
(2) regardless of whether someone has or has 
not been vaccinated against COVID–19, an individ-
ual’s status with respect to having or producing 
proof of such vaccination in the form of a vaccine 
passport or other medical records that would dem-
onstrate whether an individual has been vaccinated 
against COVID–19. 
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