Two vax mandate bills passed the Alabama legislature this week. SB9, although far from perfect, does offer some protections against vax mandates that were not currently available.
SB15 in the versions that passed the House and Senate did provide teeth to our current law that bans vax passports and added some parental protection for minors age 14-19 being coerced to get a COVID vax. We initially supported both bills on the floor. However, SB15 went to a conference committee and was completely gutted.
Below is a synopsis of what each bill does.
Main things the bill does:
- to require employers to allow employees to claim an exemption from the COVID-19 vaccination for medical reasons or sincerely held religious beliefs
- to provide for submission of a standard form requesting the exemption;
- to prohibit an employer from requiring a COVID-19 vaccine if an exemption form is completed and submitted
- to authorize appeals to an administrative law judge for the Department of Labor for denials for exemptions
- to provide an appeal of determinations by the administrative law judge.
SB15 was gutted in conference committee after the house and senate voted. It does nothing to protect our individual liberty nor protect children between the ages of 14-19 from being coerced to receive an experimental COVID shot. See what the bill does below:
What the bill does:
- provides that a minor (under the age of 14) may not receive a COVID-19 vaccine without written parental consent
- prohibits an institution of education from inquiring about a minor (under the age of 14) student's vaccination status without written parental consent
BOTTOM LINE: State government is specifically charged with the responsibility of protecting the health and safety of its citizens. The federal government has NO authority to mandate a vaccination. Nothing in federal law gives the federal government the right to require a vaccination for any citizen of any state.
The only way to stop these illegal federal decrees is for state government to affirmatively declare our right as a sovereign state to assert that the federal government may not usurp state sovereignty. States must protect individual liberty!
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