Legislature(2021 - 2022)BUTROVICH 205
03/01/2022 01:30 PM Senate HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES
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SB 156-PROHIBIT COVID-19 VACCINE DISCRIMINATION
1:33:53 PM
CHAIR WILSON announced the consideration of SENATE BILL NO. 156
"An Act relating to COVID-19 immunization rights; and relating
to objection to the administration of a COVID-19 vaccine."
1:34:22 PM
SENATOR LORA REINBOLD, speaking as sponsor, recognized Senators
Costello and Hughes as cosponsors of SB 156. She stated that
legislators take an oath to defend individual liberties. COVID-
19 and mandates have negatively impacted the world. Globally
there are movements against the tyrannical political, medical,
and corporate mandates. SB 156 helps protect individual
liberties.
1:36:30 PM
SENATOR REINBOLD advanced to slide 2 and stated that popular
sovereignty is based on the approval of the people. In the
preamble of the Constitution and in Alaska's constitution, all
people are guaranteed a natural right to life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness. It is considered an essential right of the
American people. People are entitled to equal opportunity,
protection under the law, and the rewards of their industry.
COVID-19 mandates have been arbitrarily applied locally and
nationally. She stated that she started Freedom Fighters in
April 2020 in recognition that mandates were an assault on the
Constitution.
1:38:24 PM
SENATOR REINBOLD moved to slide 5 and said that the document The
Vaccine Bill of Rights published by the organization America's
Frontline Doctors stated that emergency-use-only products are
strictly prohibited by federal law from being mandated. The
Nuremberg Code and the Declaration of Helsinki prohibit
participation in medical experiments through coercion. The
Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccinations had no long-term safety
and efficacy trials. Studies show that natural immunity was
better than induced immunity, and over 50 percent of people
likely have natural immunity. She stated that COVID-19
vaccinations and mandates pose health and privacy risks.
1:39:31 PM
SENATOR REINBOLD turned to slide 6 and shared that the CDC's
definition of vaccine over the past twenty years had changed.
The description went from prevention to immunity to protection.
Alaska's definition of a vaccine has not changed, AS
18.09.990(11). She stated there are five key elements to
informed consent:
• Know the nature of the patient's illness,
• Provide a description of the procedure and its purpose,
• Provide the probable outcome,
• Provide the most likely risks, side effects, benefits, and
complications.
• Provide information on alternative treatments.
1:42:30 PM
Senator REINBOLD moved to slide 8 and said that the package
insert of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine had no information; the
page was intentionally blank. She questioned how healthcare
professionals could give informed consent when they were not
fully informed. She advised that people who work in the medical
profession should carry malpractice insurance because there will
be injuries and adverse reactions from the vaccine. She said
that, fortunately, Alaska is an opt-in state, so citizens must
give informed consent to receive medical treatment. SB 156
supports this right. She noted that federal law prohibits COVID
vaccines, tests, and mask mandates. However, Alaska has remained
in a state of emergency for two years to remain eligible for
funds through federal programs, such as the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). She also mentioned that the
Pfizer vaccine was issued under emergency use authorization.
1:45:29 PM
SENATOR REINBOLD turned to slide 13 and said that people report
job loss threats if they refuse the COVID-19 vaccination. She
pointed out that AS 11.41.530 makes coercion a class C felony.
She thanked the committee for its support in amending SB 56 to
include personal objections and informed consent because there
are dangers associated with the vaccine.
1:46:36 PM
SENATOR REINBOLD moved to a chart on slide 15 labeled Vaccine
Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Summary for COVID-19
Vaccines Through 2/18/2022. The total adverse reactions reported
worldwide to the COVID-19 vaccine was 1,134,984. The number of
adverse reactions to all other vaccines since 1990 was 872,313.
Yet, the state of Alaska held several campaigns promoting COVID-
19 vaccination for adults and children. She went on to relay
other data provided in the chart. She noted that the total
number of deaths associated with the COVID-19 vaccines is more
than double the number of deaths related to all other vaccines
combined. Furthermore, it was estimated that only 10 percent of
incidences were reported to VAERS.
1:50:21 PM
SENATOR REINBOLD provided the following quotes to support SB 156
taken from the Supreme Court's decision in National Federation
of Independent Business, et al., Applicants v. Department of
Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, et al. and
Ohio, et al., v. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, et al.:
[Original punctuation provided.]
Supreme Court Per Curiam
She (Solicitor General) instead argues that the risk of
contracting COVID-19 qualifies as such a danger. We cannot
agree. Although COVID-19 is a risk that occurs in many
workplaces, it is not an occupational hazard in most. COVID-19
can and does spread at home, in schools, during sporting events,
and everywhere else that people gather. That kind of universal
risk is no Cite as: 595 U.S.__(2022)7 Per Curiam different from
the day-to-day dangers that all face from crime, air pollution,
or any number of communicable diseases.
Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch Concurring
The federal government's powers, however, are not
general but limited and divided.
It must also act consistently with the Constitution's
separation of powers.
SENATOR REINBOLD said that issues involving separation of powers
must have consistent action. It is critical to separate the
executive and legislative branches because the legislative
branch makes laws.
SENATOR REINBOLD resumed quoting Justice Gorsuch:
OSHA's mandate fails that doctrine's test. The agency
claims the power to force 84 million Americans to
receive a vaccine or undergo regular testing
Yet Congress has nowhere clearly assigned so much
power to OSHA.
Congress has chosen not to afford OSHA or any
federal agency - the authority to issue a vaccine
mandate.
Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch Concurring
Yet that is precisely what the agency seeks to do now
regulate not just what happens inside the workplace
but induce individuals to undertake a medical
procedure that affects their lives outside the
workplace.
1:52:21 PM
SENATOR REINBOLD said she and others have been impacted by
vaccine mandates in other cities and states. Many people are
being denied participation in healthcare and societal events
because of COVID-19 vaccine discrimination.
SENATOR REINBOLD resumed quoting Justice Gorsuch:
We do not impugn the intentions behind the agency's
mandate. Instead, we only discharge our duty to
enforce the law's demands when it comes to the
question who may govern the lives of 84 million
Americans. Respecting those demands may be trying in
times of stress. But if this Court were to abide them
only in more tranquil conditions, declarations of
emergencies would never end and the liberties our
Constitution's separation of powers seeks to preserve
would amount to little.
SENATOR REINBOLD concluded her presentation by saying the
Supreme Court struck down the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) mandate as unconstitutional. She opined
that Alaska could be the most unrestricted state in the nation
if SB 156 passes.
1:53:52 PM
KELLI TOTH, Staff, Senator Reinbold, Alaska State Legislature,
Juneau, Alaska, read the sponsor statement for SB 156:
SB 156 ensures that a state agency or political
subdivision of the state may not adopt or issue
regulation, ordinance, or similar policy that requires
an individual to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to
receive public benefit that is available to the
public. Essentially, SB 156 ensures the public is not
discriminated against based on COVID-19 vaccine
status. In addition, the bill seeks to ensure a state
agency, an employee of the state may not require an
individual to produce documentation of their COVID-19
vaccination status or immunity passport to travel to
or within the state. An individual may object to the
administration of a COVID-19 vaccine based on
religious, medical, or other grounds. Parents or
guardians may object to the administration of a COVID-
19 vaccine to the minor child based on religious,
medical, or other grounds.
1:55:17 PM
SENATOR HUGHES stated that she has heard from 100s of people in
District F and the surrounding area that support SB 156.
1:55:42 PM
CHAIR WILSON opened invited testimony on SB 156.
1:55:50 PM
DR. RYAN COLE, representing self, Garden City, Idaho, stated
that he is a medical doctor trained at the Mayo Clinic in
anatomic and clinical pathology. He has done Ph.D. research work
in immunology and virology. He has experience with 500,000
patients. He has processed over 150,000 COVID patient tests in
his laboratory. He stated his belief that since March 2020,
natural immunity has been neglected. During the Black Plague in
the 1300s, the individuals who recovered from the disease
removed the bodies of the dead. Over 150 peer review papers from
Dr. Paul Alexander at Brownstone.org corroborate that natural is
superior to vaccinal immunity. Furthermore, in studies, Johnson
and Johnson, Moderna, and Pfizer omitted the COVID-19 recovered.
Those who get a shot after being recovered are two to four times
more likely to have an adverse reaction because they develop a
hyperimmune reaction. Last week the New York Times stated that
the Center for Disease Control (CDC) had stopped gathering data
and has only shared a small portion of pediatric data to age 49
with the public. In the UK, where data is collected, 96 percent
of children had already had COVID by January. He opined that
ignoring natural immunity is a scientific scandal of the highest
order, especially when people's freedoms are restricted. He
stated there is a false dichotomy between vaccinated and
unvaccinated when most individuals fully recover. Some studies
report that up to 70 percent of Americans have natural immunity.
He referenced Bill Gates stating that the spread of Omicron
outperforms vaccines in achieving natural immunity. COVID-19
vaccination does not prevent the disease, its acquisition,
spread, or death. Data from the UK and Israel show that most
people in intensive care units were double or triple vaccinated,
and most deaths were among the triple vaccinated. A shot does
not produce secretory antibodies like your eyes, nose, and
throat, which neutralize the virus. Studies in California,
Wisconsin, Vietnam, and elsewhere show that vaccinated
individuals who have not had COVID carry the same viral load as
the unvaccinated who have not had COVID; both can spread the
disease. However, COVID recovered individuals make the
antibodies, and the CDC cannot show one COVID recovered
individual who has spread COVID. Yet, employers tell COVID
recovered employees who refuse to be vaccinated, that they must
be tested. People are being segregated, which is a Title VII
equal rights violation.
2:00:34 PM
SENATOR BEGICH arrived.
DR. COLE said that individuals who suffered through COVID have
immunity to the 28 proteins of the virus. In contrast,
vaccinated people have immunity to 1 protein, yet the broadly
immune are segregated. Individuals who had SARS CoV-1 are immune
18 years later. He said that Pfizer and Moderna stock prices are
falling because of the high number of claims received. Cleveland
Clinic studied 52,000 employees and reported that no COVID
recovered patients contracted the virus again. In contrast,
vaccinated individuals were 27 times more likely to contract the
virus a second time. Qatar did a study of 700,000 patients with
similar results. He opined that segregation does not need to
happen because COVID is almost over due to Omicron spreading
quickly and providing natural immunity to many. Natural immunity
should be considered equal, if not better, than vaccination.
There is no longer a medical emergency, so people's rights
should not be restricted. Reports from Scotland claim that
children have a 52 times higher risk of dying from the COVID
vaccine than from the COVID virus. The shot is not without risks
and long-term effects.
2:04:37 PM
JOAN PRIESTLEY, representing self, Anchorage, Alaska, stated she
is a retired medical doctor, and she supports SB 156 because it
protects citizens' rights concerning vaccinations. Many people
are at high risk for severe and even fatal side effects from the
COVID vaccines. Other people have expressed religious
objections. COVID vaccine side effects, such as heart disease,
pose a higher risk to children. SB 156 supports the parental
right to protect children from threats to their health. Citizens
should not face discrimination due to their medical situations.
The vaccinate everyone mindset discounts the benefits of natural
immunity. For those who are COVID recovered, the vaccine offers
little, if any, advantage. Getting a vaccine after an infection
can divert the immune system, making it less protected against
future infections. The medical situation has changed; COVID
variants are weaker, and early intervention treatments exist.
The vaccines do not stop people from getting or transmitting the
virus. Alaska public health charts show a continual rise in the
number of people vaccinated, and there is no pandemic of
unvaccinated people. The concept of vaccine passports is
meaningless without scientific rationale. She thanked the
committee for hearing SB 156 because it counteracts needless
discrimination.
2:07:46 PM
MIKE CRUSE, representing self, Palmer, Alaska, stated he has
heard rumors that SB 156 would not pass in the House. He asked
the Senate to pass SB 156 to protect Alaskan's freedom to decide
what is best for themselves. He added that if SB 156 did not
pass the House, it would show a partisan denial of science. As a
project manager, he knows that government regulates companies
and is mandated to protect the rights of individuals. For
example, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prevents
discrimination against disabled individuals. Title VII makes it
unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person's
race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed
to protect an individual's medical information. These laws were
passed to protect the citizens. Yet, these laws are being
ignored because of the push for everyone to be vaccinated. He
said that people like his wife and daughter have religious and
medical reasons for not being vaccinated. His family had COVID
for two weeks and were still told they must be vaccinated. Being
vaccinated does not stop the spread of COVID. However, the
narrative for zero COVID and forced vaccination recently
shifted. He referenced a report from Impact Research
Incorporated, a democratic polling agency. It said a poll on
forced vaccination showed it was unpopular and that people were
tired of COVID. Therefore, the state of emergency, restrictions,
and negative reporting should end so that the new federal
administration would not be set up for failure. He stated a true
emergency does not just end because people are tired of it.
2:15:01 PM
CHAIR WILSON clarified that HIPPA protects patients' information
from being shared by medical professionals. It is an
individual's choice to disclose personal information.
2:15:46 PM
CHAIR WILSON opened public testimony on SB 156.
2:16:28 PM
COREY SIDLO, representing self, Juneau, Alaska, testified in
support of SB 156. He recently retired from the military, where
he had taken an oath to support and defend the Constitution. He
has fought to preserve freedom, liberty, and honesty. He stated
that although he is not anti-vaccination, he is vaccine damaged
from his last two injections. He is pro-freedom and urged
support of SB 156.
2:18:08 PM
DIANA GRIESER, representing self, Juneau, Alaska, testified in
support of SB 156. She said COVID mandates have made being deaf
harder. Communication has been made more difficult due to mask
mandates and six-foot social distancing. Masks muffle voices and
do not allow people to see facial expressions and the movement
of lips. Very few people offer to assist through written or
other accommodations. ADA violations have been ignored. She
supports Senate Bill 156 and the end of mask mandates.
2:20:01 PM
REBECCA DUNDORE, representing self, Juneau, Alaska, testified in
support of SB 156. She stated that for the past two years, the
rights of the elderly and children were horrifyingly impacted.
The elderly were mistreated in the name of safety. Foster
children were given no voice and suffered from mandates.
Teenagers have had severe mental health issues due to
restrictions on their social development, and many adults are
scared to resume everyday living. The government should admit
its errors and support the constitutional rights of individuals.
Alaska is fundamentally based on the protection of individual
rights. Businesses, religion, personal choice, health, and
privacy are lost when the constitution is not upheld. She stated
she would like SB 156 to passed so that individual rights are
not violated in the future by hysteria over a virus.
2:22:35 PM
LISA WARD, representing self, Juneau, Alaska, testified in
support of SB 156. She said that politicians should not decide
how people care for their bodies and that COVID-19 mitigation
strategies impacted her family over the past few years. Science
shows that vaccines do not solve pandemics because every
vaccinated person gains identical antibodies. Any virus that
evolves and bypasses one vaccinated person's antibodies will be
able to infect others that were vaccinated. To quickly end
COVID-19, quit vaccinating. Omicron is a less severe variant, so
the vaccinated believe they dodged a bullet while following
solution mandates. She said a European Journal of Epidemiology
study reported that the increase in COVID-19 is unrelated to
vaccination levels. She requested an end to mandates and that SB
156 be passed.
2:24:40 PM
SHARON WILDES, representing self, Juneau, Alaska, testified in
support of SB 156. She has worked in genetics for 35 years and
has never seen such censorship and disregard for science. It is
outrageous that citizens have been banned from buildings and
activities. She opined that the City and Borough of Juneau
exceeded its government overreach, which exacerbated the
unfounded fear instilled in people by the government. She stated
that instilling fear in citizens needs to end, which is why she
supports SB 156. Society needs to be healed. Vaccine companies
are responsible for the VAERS website. The companies were given
immunity against damages so that the data would be accurate.
Immunity should be taken away if it is not accurate.
2:27:26 PM
BILL WILDES, representing self, Juneau, Alaska, testified in
support of SB 156. He said he is an American, and humans should
not discriminate based on a fear-mongering brand of COVID. He
opined that the CDC designed a situation more extensive than
what is realized. Information on the CDC and its patents can be
found on the internet. He opined that the CDC is a rat and SB
156 needs to be supported.
2:28:55 PM
AMANDA SPRATT, representing self, Juneau, Alaska, testified in
support of SB 156. She stated that COVID-19 vaccination mandates
are robbing her sons of their freedom. A son in the Coast Guard
refused vaccination and asked for a religious exemption, which
was denied. He was shunned by the captain, even though he and 50
percent of his shipmates had COVID. Furthermore, vaccinated and
unvaccinated people contract and transmit COVID at the same
rate. Since he is unvaccinated, he is not allowed to take leave
or travel further than 50 miles from the base. He is always
required to wear a mask, even when underway. He will be losing a
career over an untested experimental and ineffective vaccine for
a virus that 20-year-olds have a 99.98 percent chance of
surviving. Her second son attends UAS. He is not allowed to live
on campus. He is concerned that he will lose his internship and
scholarship because he is unvaccinated. She said her third son
plays high school sports. Since he is unvaccinated, he is
required to take weekly COVID tests. Coaches have read out loud
the vaccination status of students. He was denied the
opportunity to play intramural sports because of his vaccination
status. He would like to be a radiologist, but the news is
reporting that universities require vaccination for admission.
He has no hope of retaining his medical freedom and achieving
his dreams. She asked that SB 156 be passed.
2:32:00 PM
MARY HUNTER, representing self, Juneau, Alaska, testified in
support of SB 156. She stated she contracted rheumatoid
arthritis from a flu vaccine and therefore chose to be
unvaccinated. Following vaccination, family members and others
have experienced heart attacks and other health issues. She
opined that the vaccination is unsafe and that the unvaccinated
should not have to face the risks of lung and reproductive organ
damage caused by the spike protein vaccinated individuals
transmit.
2:35:26 PM
DARRELL HARMON, representing self, Juneau, Alaska, testified in
support of SB 156. He stated that two friends were asked to
vaccinate or lose their jobs. The vaccine injured the one who
chose to vaccinate. The other friend lost his job. People are
being discriminated against based on their vaccination status.
Passing SB 156 might not stop unlawful acts, but it would
acknowledge that the legislature knows right from wrong.
2:38:05 PM
MERYL NASS, representing self, Ellsworth, Maine, testified in
support of SB 156. She read her testimony as follows:
I am an internal medicine physician whose license was
temporarily suspended in January because I was
supposedly spreading misinformation about vaccines and
early treatment for COVID. I spoke in Alaska four
months ago about this during a seminar. Thank you,
chairperson and members of the Senate Health and
Social Services Committee, for allowing me to speak.
I'm here to present some of the latest information on
COVID vaccination, which was made public yesterday by
New York's Department of Health and by the United
Kingdom's Department of Health and Social Care this
morning.
The data from over 365,000 children aged five to 11 in
New York State revealed that by one month after they
were fully vaccinated, there was almost no protection
remaining against COVID. By five weeks, fully
vaccinated children of that age were actually at
higher risk of developing COVID than unvaccinated
children, with the increase in risk becoming even
greater over time. It seems remarkable. This is called
negative efficacy, and we're seeing it in data from
several other countries. Although, the CDC is not
acknowledging it at this point in time. There were
over 800,000 children aged 12 to 17, and their
protection was checked a month after they were fully
vaccinated. It ranged from 40 to 67 percent depending
on age, but it too dropped gradually, though steadily,
over the next several weeks. It might seem that
boosters were the answer, but they're not.
Europe's FDA, which is called the European Medicines
Agency, warned against too many boosters and their
potential to cause immune damage on January 13, 2022.
Very few media in the United States covered this
warning. Unfortunately, we're finally coming around to
acknowledge that there's no way to control the spread
of COVID and its variants. For that reason, many
states are already lifting their mask mandates, and
the vaccine mandates are starting to go away also.
In the UK, COVID vaccine mandates for health care
workers were recently lifted. UK conducted an online
poll where for a week in early February, 90,000 people
responded to that poll. Ninety percent said they did
not want health care worker vaccine mandates. Only 9
percent of the people who responded wanted mandates.
Both the data and the people have spoken. Vaccine
mandates for children make no scientific sense.
Vaccine mandates for healthcare workers are unwanted
by both the workers and the public they serve.
Discrimination by vaccination status when the benefit
of vaccinations rapidly declines and the vaccinated
can still catch and spread COVID is illogical and
arbitrary. Please vote in favor of SB 156.
2:41:30 PM
SALLY DUNCAN, representing self, Two Rivers, Alaska, testified
in support of SB 156.
2:41:58 PM
KENDAL CRUSE, representing self, Palmer, Alaska, testified in
support of SB 156. She stated she is a health care provider who
has experienced political discrimination under the guise of
public health. Business owners and hospital administrators have
violated civil and privacy rights; even fully remote health care
workers were required to vaccinate. She was not granted a
religious exemption and was fired in 2021 for not vaccinating.
Studies show that vaccinated health care workers give
incalculable nosocomial infections to hospital patients
regardless of their vaccination status.
Her husband could not enter the hospital for the birth of their
child without being vaccinated. It is critical to pass SB 156 so
that no emergency can suspend inherent civil and privacy rights.
2:44:37 PM
BRENDA HASTIE, representing self, Anchorage, Alaska, testified
in support of SB 156. She asked the legislature to remind
organizations and employers that Alaskans are free.
Misinformation about COVID needs to be corrected to end fear and
medical discrimination. She was laid off from work for refusing
to wear a mask. Future employers and airlines asked for
vaccination status or proof of a negative COVID test. She
reminded them that they were asking for private information. She
was not allowed to fly.
2:47:35 PM
IRENE QUEDNOW, representing self, Anchorage, Alaska, testified
in support of SB 156. She stated that medical information is
private and should not have to be disclosed to enter a business
or be employed. Only licensed medical professionals can
prescribe medical treatments, such as masks and vaccinations.
2:50:51 PM
LISA GENTEMANN, representing self, Eagle River, Alaska,
testified in support of SB 156. As a former dental hygienist,
she knows that health care information is private and wants it
to remain that way. She stated that the COVID vaccine is not
real because, historically, real vaccines provide immunity. The
vaccine is a scientific experiment, and people who choose not to
participate should not face discrimination. The injection has
harmed many people. It is troubling that other vaccinations were
discontinued after 50 deaths, but this has not been the case for
the COVID injection. No amount of federal money is worth the
risk of hurting Alaskans. Anyone who influences individuals to
get the vaccination should be held accountable for the harm it
might cause. This includes protecting those enlisted in the
military.
2:53:42 PM
MARIANNE E. BURKE, representing self, Wasilla, Alaska, testified
in support of SB 156. She agreed with the testimony of others.
She has always been against vaccination. Home remedies do not
introduce toxins into the body that destroy its ability to heal
itself. The COVID vaccine is gene therapy and does not contain
the COVID germ. It is experimental. The number of adverse
reactions is under-reported to VAERS. The citizens of America
must fight against mandates if they do not want to be like the
Jews were with the Nazis.
2:55:59 PM
ELAINE HEDDEN, representing self, Anchorage, Alaska, testified
in support of SB 156. She stated she is a health care
practitioner. A patient's brother had difficulty with fatigue
and walking a few days after getting his second Moderna
experimental biological agent jab. He did not have a history of
stroke or clotting. Ten months later, he had blood clots in his
lungs. SB 156 needs to pass to stop discrimination. In
classrooms, children are being coerced under duress to reveal
whether they have been vaccinated. She opined that this is
wrong because children do not know their rights. Children are
experiencing psychological trauma from playing vax tag, a game
where the child who is "it" pokes classmates in the arm. She
opined that this is child abuse, and SB 156 needs to pass so
that teachers and administrators can be held accountable.
2:58:33 PM
DONALD THOMPSON, representing self, Fairbanks, Alaska, testified
in support of SB 156. He stated he has an autoimmune disease.
The vaccine has proven lethal to many people and has harmed the
health of many more.
2:59:30 PM
MARIA PATRICIA, representing self, Deltana, Alaska, testified in
support of SB 156. She said that SB 156 is about protecting the
right to be left alone and make her own faith choices free from
discrimination. She opined that she has never been required to
delegate her authority to any group, and the non-delegation
doctrine forbids the legislature from giving away its power to
any unelected agents. She stated that as a private common law
attorney, she has worked with people who have been under
unconscionable threat, duress, and coercion from their employers
to be vaccinated. She referenced the preamble of the
Constitution and said that people should be cognizant that
liberty is an elusive concept incapable of definitive,
comprehensive explication. Yet, at its core is the notion of
total personal immunity from governmental control. No right is
held more sacred or carefully guarded by common law than the
right of every individual to the possession and control of his
own person. She stated citizens already have this immunity but
passing SB 156 will strengthen people's understanding of their
constitutional protections.
3:03:55 PM
SENATOR REINBOLD thanked the testifiers for their input and the
co-sponsors for supporting SB 156.
3:04:26 PM
SENATOR HUGHES thanked those who waited but were unable to
testify.
CHAIR WILSON held SB 156 in committee.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| SB 156 Testimony (Sponsors Office) 2.25.22.pdf |
SHSS 3/1/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 156 |
| SB 156 Sectional 2.8.22.pdf |
SHSS 3/1/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 156 |
| SB 156 Sponsor Statement 2.8.22.pdf |
SHSS 3/1/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 156 |
| SB 156 Testimony 2.25.22.pdf |
SHSS 3/1/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 156 |
| SB 156 Legal Memo 9.9.21.pdf |
SHSS 3/1/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 156 |
| SB 156 Letters 2.28.22.pdf |
SHSS 3/1/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 156 |
| SB 156 Supporting Doc AFLDS White Paper 2.28.22.pdf |
SHSS 3/1/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 156 |
| SB 156 Supporting Doc Sen Johnson Summit 1.25.22.pdf |
SHSS 3/1/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 156 |
| SB 156 Testimony (Sponsors Office) 2.28.22.pdf |
SHSS 3/1/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 156 |
| SB 156 Supporting Doc Rolan Email 8.8.21.pdf |
SHSS 3/1/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 156 |
| SB 156 Presentation 3.1.22.pdf |
SHSS 3/1/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 156 |
| SB 156 (New) Presentation 3.1.2022.pdf |
SHSS 3/1/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 156 |