(Salt Lake City, UT) — The legislature has passed a bill banning public entities such as businesses and government agencies from restricting people and employees based on whether or not they’re vaccinated. The bill has exceptions for medical facilities and providers, along with those who handle medical waste and other […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that seeks to prevent businesses from requiring proof of vaccination from workers and customers is advancing in the Utah Senate. The Senate’s Taxation and Revenue Committee approved an amended version of House Bill 60 on a 7-2 vote yesterday. The bill was changed […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would keep employers from requiring proof of vaccination from workers is now headed to the state Senate. The House approved House Bill 60 in a 51-23 vote yesterday. The measure would keep businesses from requiring proof of vaccination before allowing customers to […]
(Salt Lake County, UT) — The Salt Lake County Republican Party is pushing Governor Spencer Cox to defy the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the Utah National Guard. In a letter to the governor, GOP Chair Chris Null urged the governor to “protect the rights” of the guardsmen, saying “Utah must […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes is joining a lawsuit with 23 other states against the Biden administration’s mask and vaccine mandate for Head Start programs. Reyes says the mandate will result in job loss for teachers against the COVID-19 vaccine and says “forcing masks on […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A state lawmaker is introducing a bill that would prevent local governments and the state of Utah from implementing vaccine mandates. The bill from Republican State Representative Robert Spendlove would apply to all vaccines, not just COVID-19 shots. The bill would not prevent Utah schools […]
(Washington, DC) — Senator Mike Lee is joining a group of Senate Republicans who plan to threaten a federal government shutdown over the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for private businesses. According to Politico, Lee and Republicans will drag their feet on a stopgap measure to keep the government funded […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s attorney general is happy with a federal court’s decision to block a nationwide vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. The decision yesterday by a judge in Louisiana blocked a Biden Administration policy requiring vaccinations and made it effective nationwide. More than a dozen states had […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is joining another lawsuit against COVID-19 vaccination mandates imposed by the Biden Administration. The lawsuit filed yesterday seeks to overturn a mandate requiring coronavirus vaccinations for workers at healthcare facilities that accept Medicaid and Medicare funding. Utah and 11 other states are challenging the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would keep Utah employers from firing workers who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccination may not get a vote during the current special session. The bill sponsored by State Senator Kirk Cullimore was sent to the Senate floor after a committee hearing […]
