HB1686 prohibits government entities from requiring any person to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. It also provides for employees certain religious and medical-based exemptions from requirements to receive medical treatment as a condition of employment.
The House passed HB1686 on February 22, 2022, by a vote of 110 to 41. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because vaccine mandates should be opposed, as an individual’s non-injurious activities, including personal health care decisions, are not the legitimate object of government, nor should be under federal, state, or local jurisdiction in the United States. 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 to the U.S. Constitution.