October 2021 Group Watch: AL AG Requesting Updates to AL’s Law on Vaccine Mandates
In the 2021 regular legislative session, the legislature passed Act 2021-493, which states that “no government, school, or business in Alabama may demand that a constituent, student, or customer be vaccinated for COVID-19 or show proof of his or her vaccination for COVID-19.” This was in anticipation of a federal vaccine mandate, which President Joe Biden announced in September. Now, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is asking the legislature to add two updates to the state law to help him challenge Biden’s vaccine mandate. Read more here.
