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Indiana Senate endorses bill that would end statewide public health emergency

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The Indiana Senate endorsed a bill that could result in an end to the nearly two year statewide public health emergency.

The Senate voted 32-18 on Tuesday in favor of the proposal that does not include provisions pushed by House Republicans to force businesses to give religious exemptions from Covid-19 vaccine requirements “without further inquiry.”

The Senate version would require businesses to grant medical vaccine exemptions to workers along with religious exemptions as required by federal law, as well as accept as a vaccine exemption a medical test showing natural immunity through a previous infection.

The House and Senate must agree on the proposal before being sent to Holcomb, however, Republican House Speaker Todd Huston said he was confident a bill addressing the emergency declaration would be approved this week.

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Slascker06 March 2, 2022 at 10:35 am

What took you so long??? Most Hoosiers have for the past year IGNORED the emergency demands of fool lying health mugwumps. At this point I do not trust a single public health pretender nor do I trust my doctors. They will have to re-gain our trust. There will be no cure for the politicians however.

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