A newly proposed South Carolina law would make it illegal for certain institutions to ask a person for their COVID-19 vaccination status.
A representative of a public, private, or nonprofit entity who asks about a person's COVID-19 vaccination status should be fined more than $14,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, according to the text of the bill.
"South Carolina didn't want to get in this fight," Chumley told local media outlets.
"It's about protecting people from being forced or coerced into getting a vaccine for purposes of employment, admission to schools, or government services," state Rep. Wayne Long, a Republican, told Channel 2 News.
South Carolina labor law attorney Jeremy Summerlin told local media that he believes the bill would be very difficult to implement.
"You've got a state law now that says that if you ask about that, and try to comply with federal law, then you are going to jail," he added.
"What if you are a nurse, and you ask a fellow nurse about it? Do you want the local law enforcement to go in and arrest them because of this law?".
https://www.technocracy.news/south-carolina-proposes-law-to-make-it-illegal-to-request-vax-status/
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