,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdhe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #ab   
7legislative day1 ,january #aj71        
#bjbb,mr4 ,cruz introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,rules and        
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to ensure  
that the right to vote shall not be     
impaired due to vaccination status4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,securing ,enfranchisement and the 
,rights of ,voters regardless of        
,inoculation ,status ,act or the        
,,servis ,act4  #b4 ,right to vote shall
 not be impaired  7a7 ,in general ,it   
shall be unlawful for any ,state or     
political subdivision1 as such term is  
used in the ,voting ,rights ,act of     
#aife 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #ajcja et seq471 to
 require or impose a requirement that a 
voter or voters must present a vaccine  
passport or otherwise present           
information regarding their vaccination 
status in order to exercise the right to

 vote1 including to vote in person1 in  
any election involving any candidate for
 ,federal office4  7b7 ,masking         
requirement ,a ,state or political      
subdivision may require that a voter    
wear a mask in order to enter a polling 
location only if-- 7#a7 the ,state or   
political subdivision makes readily     
available and at no cost to the voter or
 any individual who accompanies the     
voter a mask sufficient to comply with  
any applicable masking requirement2 and 
7#b7 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   
#aiij 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #abaja et seq474   
7c7 ,definition ,for purposes of this   
section1 the term vaccination status    
means-- 7#a7 an individual's status     
based on the voluntary election to      
receive or not to receive a ,,covid-#ai 
vaccine2 and  7#b7 regardless of whether
 someone has or has not been vaccinated 

against ,,covid-#ai1 an individual'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 demonstrate  
whether an individual has been          
vaccinated against ,,covid-#ai4