Bill Prohibiting 'Vaccine Passports' in Arkansas Advances To Senate

By SARAH KELLOGG

A bill that would prohibit Arkansas from implementing any form of requirement for a "vaccine passport" has passed its first legislative hurdle.

The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor committee, by a voice vote Wednesday, advanced Senate Bill 615 to the full Senate.

Under the legislation, the state, a state agency or entity, a political subdivision of the state, as well as any state or local official would not be able to require an individual to produce documentation that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. 

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Sen. Trent Garner, R-El Dorado, presents Senate Bill 615 to the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor CommitteeCREDIT ARKANSAS SENATE

Sen. Trent Garner, R-El Dorado, presents Senate Bill 615 to the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee

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