Tennessee House passes bill to ban local, state governments from requiring COVID-19 vaccine

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill

Tennessee House passes bill to ban local, state governments from requiring COVID-19 vaccine

BY JORDAN WILLIAMS - 04/22/21 10:48 AM EDT

The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill banning state and local governments from requiring COVID-19 vaccines.

The legislation, House Bill 13, states that “a law enforcement agency or governmental entity of this state or a local government, or the governor or chief executive of a local government by executive order, shall not force, require, or coerce a person to receive an immunization or vaccination for COVID-19 against the person's will,” according to the bill’s text.

The bill was passed by a 72-19 vote, and it now heads to the Senate.

The measure would take effect immediately upon the governor’s signing.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/549702-tennessee-house-passes-bill-to-ban-local-and-state-government-from

[rockfordfile]

1. How un-American

[bluestarone]

2. Hope this is illegal AFTER

The vaccine is FULLY approved!

[Under The Radar]

3. Jesus! Are red states competing to see who can create the most Supreme Court challenges?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

21. They know the SCOTUS deck is stacked in their favor.

This is called the "Keep Biden From Getting Any Credit for Ending the Pandemic Law." You know that if T**** was still in the WH they'd make the vaccines mandatory, and officially name the drug the "President Donald J. T**** World-SavingVaccine.''

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

4. Red state GOPs are overplaying their hand in many areas.

I expect a strong pushback in the next couple of elections.

[HUAJIAO]

17. By the next couple of elections it will be too late...

If this keeps up, we'll all be dead.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

18. 2022 is next year...... I think??

[Under The Radar]

22. I agree, it opens a Pandora's box on the power of the government

Government’s power to enforce public safety is at risk . - Other vaccines wouldn’t be enforceable to attend public schools, shoe removed and scanned by TSA at airports will no longer be enforceable or even body X-ray at airports fir that matter, seatbelts mandates no more, city ordinances for trash, pollution and sewage will be unenforceable. .... basically anything that is a requirement to protect the general welfare of citizens will not be enforceable if the Supreme Court rules in favor of this.
I doubt that it flys

[Turbineguy]

5. Gotta keep the epidemic going!

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Man are they stupid. Why just covid, why not all other vaccinations? Shingles, HPV, DPT, Pneumonia

[DBoon]

8. Smallpox, MMR, etc.

If you allow one deadly disease to be an exception, why not all?

[oldsoftie]

14. Exactly what i thought. nt

[SoCalNative]

7. They can't block private businesses from requiring it

so at least there's that.

[old guy]

11. This.

[Harker]

9. You'd think that those who squawk about states' rights

in relation to the federal government would also be accepting of a municipality's rights in relation to state government.

[ZonkerHarris]

10. Thanks Trump!

[twin_ghost]

12. What do Repulicans Do About the Carpert Burn on their knuckles?

[mac56]

13. Republicans' motto:

"Never go further than far too far."

[Ford_Prefect]

15. One more step towards secession...That's the GOP plan to secede from Federal oversight.

The GOP expect to paralyze government on every level they can. Whether by denying federal authority directly or by claiming states' rights where none exist. They intend to fight the same battles they lost over school integration and many other equality issues by painting the Democrat led Federal government as an overbearing parent who should be resisted on every level.

The I.C.C. alone has enough established jurisdiction to defeat this one. Can you imagine the effect of quarantine against Tennessee products and transportation through the state due to possible toxic spread? Do you recall what happened during the mad cow scare? That is just one agency. SCOTUS won't help them either. They've chosen to take a stand in the middle of a legal swamp where there is NO solid ground under them.

[Warpy]

16. Tennessee right wingers, always doing the wrong thing

since before it was even a state. There will undoubtedly be lawsuits, wasting everybody's time and money because a gang of medically ignorant wingnuts wanted to throw their weight around.

[Norbert]

19. The party of less government strikes again.

[Griefbird]

20. Are government agencies authorized to force any medical procedures on unwilling recipients?

Certainly there can be consequences if one refuses to get vaccinated, such as ineligibility for benefits or employment, but that's not forcing a person to receive the vaccine. The only instance I know of forcing a medical procedure on an unwilling person is forced birthing, which is unacceptable.

[paleotn]

25. In matters of general public health?

You're goddamn right you can be forced and should be. I couldn't attend primary school, secondary school or college without my vaccinations being up to date. The simple reason is, to protect those who can't be vaccinated for legitimate medical reasons. It's called being a good citizen, not a goddamn asshole.

[Griefbird]

29. I was parsing the word "forced".

It implies that one is held down and injected against their will. As I said, you may not be eligible for benefits, etc. (such as an education), but you're not being forcibly injected against your will. I completely agree that it is sociopathic to refuse a vaccination because you have been deluded by lies, or because you are stubborn and stupid, especially when that puts others at risk; however, using emotionally charged and inaccurate language gives opponents a toehold for rebuttal.

[turbinetree]

23. I just wonder if these assholes had gotten shots prior to going into a school

so that other little tykes wouldn't get , Oh I don't know chickenpox, measles, polio...........someone should put up a billboard in the state and ask, since those virus's can also kill you.........

[paleotn]

24. Lining up to be virus food.

I'm done with these people. Fuck them. Let them die.

[Initech]

26. Seriously... are they trying to keep this going forever?

[appleannie1]

27. Are Republican states trying to see which one can kill the most people?

[Marthe48]

28. I crossed this state off my travel list

and crossed off it stays.