HA14 would amend HB1001, which prohibits COVID-19 vaccine passports and requires employers to allow individual exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination, by eliminating provisions that provide for: the use of federal COVID-19 funds for social services; public health orders authorizing the administration of vaccines for children less than 11 years old; and immunity from civil liability related to the issuance of public health protocols.
The House failed to pass HA14 on January 13, 2022, by a vote of 5 to 83. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because both government control over health care, including mandatory vaccination, and the use of unconstitutional federal funds should be opposed. To compel American citizens to receive medical treatment would be to violate their fundamental rights protected by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment, whereas the spending of federal taxpayer money ought to be limited for purposes authorized under Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution.