1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; prohibiting local enforcement of federal vaccine passports; 
1.3 	creating a civil cause of action;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 144.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [144.0663] PROHIBITION AGAINST LOCAL ENFORCEMENT OF 
1.7 	UNCONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL DIRECTIVES.
1.8 	(a) To ensure the sovereignty of states' rights guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment to 
1.9 	the United States Constitution and to protect the fundamental individual liberties and privacies 
1.10 	of all persons against an abusive federal government, no government entity or its 
1.11 	subdivisions, agents, designees, or assigns shall have the authority to enforce or attempt to 
1.12 	enforce any vaccine passport, pass, or credential in this state, whether by federal act, law, 
1.13 	executive order, administrative order, court order, rule, regulation, statute, or ordinance.
1.14 	(b) Any government entity or its subdivisions, agents, designees, or assigns who act to 
1.15 	violate the provisions of this section or otherwise deprive any person the right or privilege 
1.16 	to be free from the enforcement of vaccine passports or vaccine passes or vaccine credentials 
1.17 	shall be liable to the injured party in a civil action or other proper proceeding for redress. 
1.18 	In such actions, the court may award the prevailing party, other than the state of Minnesota 
1.19 	or its subdivisions, agents, designees, or assigns, reasonable attorney fees and costs. 
1.20 	Sovereign, official, or qualified immunity shall not be an affirmative defense in such actions.