SB 105-02: Immunization Act of 2021 (Passed)

[Pericles]

Aye

Though I would have liked to see our own Covid numbers before outing this up for a vote.

[If my soul was made of stone]

AYE

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Immunization Act of 2021:

Aye (11): S019, Scott, Kuumo, Western Democrat, KoopaDaQuick, Weatherboy, FalterinArc, OBD, tack50, Pericles, discovolante
Nay (7): AGA, Old School Republican, Spark, DeadPrez, Muad'dib, Joseph Cao, North Carolina Yankee
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (0):

The bill has passed the Senate and is sent to the President for executive action.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

AN ACT
To mandate immunization against COVID-19 as a condition of entry, employment, and student enrollment


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Immunization Act of 2021.

Section 2. Mandatory immunization against COVID-19 as a condition of employment and student enrollment

1. All businesses with one hundred or more employees shall be required to enforce compulsory immunization, or a weekly COVID-19 test if preferred, to individuals as a condition of employment.

2. All federal, regional, state, and local agencies shall be required to enforce compulsory immunization, or a weekly COVID-19 test if preferred, to individuals as a condition of employment.

3. All public and private schools, including institutions of higher learning, shall be required to enforce compulsory immunization, or a weekly COVID-19 test if preferred, to individuals as a condition of employment or enrollment for individuals age 16 and above.

4. All companies with one hundred employees or more as well as learning institutions which do not enforce COVID-19 immunization or weekly testing for all individuals, without recommendation from a licensed physician, shall be fined no less than $10,000 per employee or individual.

Section 3. COVID-19 immunization as a condition for entry into the Republic of Atlasia

Immunization against COVID-19 shall be mandatory for all who seek entry into the Republic of Atlasia, including Atlasians currently living abroad as well as immigrants and refugees of other nations.

Section 4. Exemptions

Any individual may be exempt from a vaccination requirement if recommended to by their doctor, but must agree to undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.

Section 5. Effectiveness

This statute shall be effective October 1, 2021.

Passed 11-7-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore