Posted on 06/24/2021 5:37:13 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Pennsylvania state House approved a bill on June 23 that would prevent government agencies and state-funded colleges and universities from requiring COVID-19 vaccine passports. The legislation would also limit the power of health authorities during pandemics.
The measure, SB 618 (pdf), passed along party lines by a 112-89 vote, and now awaits the Senate’s concurrence on House amendments added to the bill. The Rules and Executive Nominations Committee of the Senate approved the amended bill on June 24.
The legislation would prohibit colleges or universities receiving state funds from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination to use any service, attend a class in person, or undertake other activities. Government entities are subject to similar requirements and aren’t allowed to include vaccination information on an ID or develop an electronic tracking system for such information.
The bill would also prevent the secretary of health from ordering a closure or requiring an individual who hasn’t been exposed to a contagious disease to physically distance, wear a mask, quarantine, or restrict travel.
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has indicated that he would veto the bill if it reaches his desk. Republicans don’t have a supermajority to override the veto.
“I appreciate the House’s support for a plan that, at its core, is about placing checks and balances on unrestrained authority that was forced on the people of Pennsylvania for more than 15 months,” Republican Sen. Judy Ward, a co-author of the bill, said in a statement after the House approved the legislation.
“Whether mandating a vaccine, masking, social isolation, or business closures, today the General Assembly said no more to the government overreach and unprecedented intrusion on behalf of the people we represent. It is my hope the Governor will take time to review these provisions with an open mind.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
Governor Wolf Threatens Veto
Of course.
Blue governors will be powerless to protect their people from the foolishly vaccinated
kill bill
The mentally ill run juch of this nation and many more are in the media reporting on it. Don Lemon and Rachel Madcow just for two...
Ohio House hurriedly passes anti-vaccination amendment into spending bill
Instead of preventing government agencies and state-funded colleges from imposing vaccine requirements through a statute like this, why doesn’t the legislature just pass a budget that appropriates $0 to any agency or school that adopts such a requirement?
Good news, from OH!
(Wow.....what a lefty slant that article has.)
People of Pennsylvania, if you sit home on Election Day, this is the crap we will continue to get, because Filthedelphia will continue to pick our statewide races & judges.
Between scumbag demorats and spineless inept republicans, are we doomed??????😢
We are starting to see young people are more likely to die from these m-RNA vaccines than Covid.
Both the WHO, CDC and the FDA have put out warnings.
This is nuts!!
Senator Jake Corman: (717) 787-1377
Senator David Argall: 877-327-4255
Argall is the Chairman of the State Government Committee. This is the committee that would subpoena the ballots and run the audit. Put him on your speed dial and call his office daily.
Hell, pass a state budget that doesn't fund anything. By the way, the budget is due on June 30. PA's fiscal year begins July 1. Don't fund anything until a forensic audit of the entire state is completed; all 67 counties.
We will veto his veto.
RE: why doesn’t the legislature just pass a budget that appropriates $0 to any agency or school that adopts such a requirement?
Same fate as the vaccine passport bill awaits it with Tom Wolf’s veto pen waiting in the wings...
RE: We will veto his veto.
A very lovely thought...but Pennsylvania Republicans don’t have a supermajority to override the veto.
She does know that Governor Wolf is a Democrat doesn’t she?
The gates of his mind have been closed to the truth for decades.
And those gates are guarded by Cerebos.
They override him on the emergency orders. It can happen again
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The Constitutional amendment-neutered lame duck Wolf still wields a veto pen...
...and when it comes to overriding the lame-brain Legislature is as self-castrated as the former PA Secretary of Health.
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