SB2 prohibits the governor from creating a statewide mask mandate and prohibits healthcare facilities from requiring vaccinations of employees. This law also requires visitation in long-term care facilities for family members and friends.
The Kentucky State Senate passed SB2 on September 9, 2021 by a vote of 23 to 5. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because an individual’s personal health care decisions should not be the object of government, nor be under its federal, state, or local jurisdictions in the United States. Forcing an individual to produce their vaccination status would be a violation of their fundamental rights, freedoms, privileges, or immunities protected by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.