vaccine mandates

The Senate passed the controversial COVID-19 vaccine employer mandate bill, potentially setting up a showdown with the House over the bill’s final form.

Senate approves less restrictive COVID-19 vaccine employer mandate bill

Brandon Smith

The biggest change the Senate made to House Bill 1001 involves religious exemptions to getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

Lawmakers have until mid-March to finish the work of the 2022 legislative session.

Indiana Senate braces for contentious second half

Brandon Smith

Senate lawmakers are grappling with COVID-19 vaccine mandates, a $1 billion-a-year tax cut package, legislation policing how controversial topis are taught, and a ban on transgender girls in youth sports.

The Indiana legislative session kicked off this week with bills on handgun licenses, vaccine mandates, and school curriculum.

Weekly Statehouse update: Vaccine mandate ban, curriculum and classroom transparency

Brandon Smith

A vaccine mandate ban clears a legislative hurdle; opposition is mixed on limiting conversations on race, politics in schools.

Gov. Eric Holcomb requested three administrative changes in state law that would allow him to end the state’s public health emergency without costing the state hundreds of millions in federal funding tied to the pandemic.

Holcomb wants health emergency provisions split from vaccine mandate ban

Brandon Smith

Indiana House Republicans have tied a controversial push to effectively ban private companies from enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates to language that would help end the state’s public health emergency.

Signs are posted at Masjid Al-Fajr in Indianapolis to remind worshippers of COVID-19 precautions while praying.

Faith, medicine and COVID-19: Why do religious vaccine exemptions exist?

Lauren Chapman

Many employees are turning to religious exemptions as vaccine mandates become more common in workplaces. Exemptions are federally protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Rokita said he didn’t sign because the National Association of Attorneys General didn’t release a similar letter following national unrest last summer.

Federal Mandate Takes Vaccine Decision Out Of Employers' Hands, Rokita Speaks Out

Associated Press

Larger U.S. businesses now won’t have to decide whether to require their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Doing so is now federal policy.