Arkansas Lawmakers Advance Bill to Ban Businesses From Requiring Workers’ Vaccine Status

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson in the Senate Chamber of the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., on April 8, 2020. Tommy Metthe/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP

Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday advanced a measure that would ban businesses from requiring workers to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status.

In a 22–11 vote, the majority-Republican Senate advanced the legislation that would grant employees and contractors a “right of privacy,” meaning that businesses would not be allowed to demand them to disclose whether they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.