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AL HB29

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/11/2022

Primary Sponsor

James Hanes

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2022

AI Summary

  • Employees may sue employers for damages caused by adverse reactions, injuries, or temporary or permanent disabilities resulting from employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccinations.

  • Dependents of employees may sue employers for death of an employee arising from an employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccination.

  • COVID-19 is defined as the virus for which the Governor declared a public health emergency on March 13, 2020, or any mutation resulting in an epidemic with a declared public health emergency under the Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955.

  • Employers include any person in Alabama that employs individuals who reside in the state to perform services, including those with control over wage payments.

  • Alabama shall not recognize or observe any federal vaccine mandate implemented after January 1, 2020.

Legislative Description

Vaccines, employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccination, private right of action against employer for certain injuries or death resulting from

Coronavirus

Last Action

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary

1/11/2022

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/11/2022

Full Bill Text

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