Posted on 04/20/2022 3:22:53 PM PDT by Signalman
Rhode Island Democrats want to punish the parents of children who refused to submit to the COVID vaccine mandates.
If passed, the bill will financially cripple individuals by doubling their personal income tax and requiring them to pay a monthly fine of $50.
State Senator Samuel Bell is the lead legislator backing the bill, which mandates all Rhode Island residents, workers, and taxpayers receive a COVID-19 vaccine as well as any subsequent boosters that the state’s director of the department of health shall require.
The bill’s text can be read here. (See link)
The law will apply to every person “of at least 16 years of age” as well as every person “under 16 years of age” and over 10 years of age.
In order to receive an exemption for a minor, an extremely strict requirement has been drafted into the bill. Parents will need to have three different doctors state on record that the child is “not fit for immunization” and the child themselves will have to place their signature on the form.
The state’s department of health will then be vested with the power to investigate each individual case and, without details provided as to how the determination might be made, may summarily reject the petition and reinstate monetary penalties on the minor’s guardians.
Employers, both public and private, will be tasked with enforcing the legislation as well. If an employee who is not strictly working remotely fails to provide proof of vaccine and his employer fails to terminate his employment, that employer will receive a monthly fine of $5,000 imposed on them.
Bell, who is personally motivated due to an ailing newborn son with a compromised immune system, was joined by Senators Mack, Acosta, Anderson, Seveney, and Mendes in introducing this bill.
To justify the legislation, Bell has pointed critics in the direction of a Boston Globe piece by journalist Dan McGowan that makes the claim that nearly 65% of residents support a statewide mandate. This number comes from a survey that was conducted by a ‘joint project’ known as the COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public Police Preferences Across States.
That is almost a Bill of Attainder that should be illegal. That is a Lawsuit that will happen ASAP if that Bill is signed into law and probably will cause a exodus out of the state.
I’m glad I rescued Mrs BN from Rhode Island 51+ years ago!
Re: 17 - LOL! Sure….
Re: 36 - You do realize there are FReepers that believe this ‘stuff on Real Raw News?
A FReeper suggested several months ago that RRN writes those articles in jest. But a writer at RRN wrote they believe the stories are true.
Just goes to show there are gullible hee-haws that believe the RRN garbage.
It amazes me at how gullible people are. To believe that the military is setting up secret tribunals and sentencing high profile people to death requires one to suspend all of their mental faculties.
Yet, it happens. Like you said, people somehow believe this stuff.
Morons who believe RRN are pretty obviously to the left of the IQ bell curve. Eventually, natural selection will result in that level of stupidity being reduced in the gene pool.
The GOP has been worthless for over 30 years.
Tyranny is a great motivator. You can pack up and move willy nilly or you can subject yourself and your family to this tyranny. Your choice.
Doesn’t sound constitutional to me.
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