HB31 - Alabama Health Freedom Act

• Prohibits employers, places of public accommodation, and occupational licensing boards from discriminating against individuals based on immunization status in hiring, advancement, discharge, and access to services.

• Defines immunization status as whether an individual has received or not received any vaccination administered for preventing an infectious disease, including presence or absence of antibodies.

• Allows individuals to bring civil lawsuits against violators with remedies including injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages, and recovery of reasonable attorney fees and expert costs.

• Authorizes the Alabama Attorney General to bring civil actions against employers, public accommodations, or licensing boards for violations of the statute.

• Declares as state public policy that all federal vaccine mandate laws are violations of the Tenth Amendment and shall be void and of no effect in Alabama.