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AL SB8
Bill
Status
10/28/2021
Primary Sponsor
Tom Butler
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AI Summary
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Prohibits any entity or individual from compelling another person to receive a COVID-19 vaccine if the person objects for reasons of personal conscience, religious belief, or medical reasons, including prior COVID-19 recovery.
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Applies to all individuals including employees and consumers.
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Establishes a civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation of the prohibition.
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Defines COVID-19 as the virus for which the Governor declared a public health emergency on March 13, 2020, or any mutation thereof resulting in an epidemic requiring a state of emergency declaration under the Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor, or upon otherwise becoming law.
Legislative Description
Vaccines, prohibits an entity or individual from compelling another individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine under certain circumstances
Health
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
10/28/2021