SENATE BILL: COVID-19 Vaccine Card Anti-Forgery Act (Passed)

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I have proposed this legislation in response to recent reports that anti-vaxxers have been digitally sharing templates and information for how to forge vaccination record cards.

Congress can debate the appropriate penalties and how much it wants to build on this legislation. What I would advise against (and I agree with the RL Biden administration very strongly here) is using reasoning for this bill to justify creating a national database for the vaccinated and non-vaccinated, simply because this could violate individual privacy and create an inefficient system best handled by the regions and states.

But criminalizing the manufacture, usage, and sale of these cards is common sense, as should a verification system that makes forgeries easy to detect.

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As I said in my OP, I'm letting Congress decide on the penalties. However, one suggestion might be prison time for manufacturers and sellers of forged cards and fines for people caught buying or using them. At least, that would be consistent with the logic of treating drug dealers versus users, because one party is financially gaining by taking advantage of the other.

Of course, this is slightly different given that these cards don't appear to be that difficult to make for oneself if all you need is a good ink printer, the right type of paper, and a template...