New Law Would Make It Illegal To Demand A Person’s Vaccine Status

As per a newly proposed South Carolina law it would be illegal for certain institutions to ask a person for their COVID-19 vaccination status.

“The government has no place in making you or telling you to take the vaccination or threatening your livelihood if you don’t,” said state Rep. William Chumley, a co-sponsor of the bill, known as H.4848.

According to the text of the bill, a representative of a public, private, or nonprofit entity who asks about a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status should be fined more than $14,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

“South Carolina didn’t want to get in this fight,” Chumley told local media outlets. “It was brought to us by the federal government.”

The bill is currently being discussed in a state House committee.

The reason why the lawmakers who sponsored the bill support the measure is because it can serve as a bulwark against government coercion.

“It’s about protecting people from being forced or coerced int...

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