Under this bill every California employee and independent contractor would have to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California would mandate that all businesses require their employees and independent contractors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine under legislation announced Friday by Democratic state lawmakers that was immediately criticized by Republicans as government overreach.
Wicks and other supporters said the mandate is needed even as California moves to ease other requirements and anticipates moving into a new"endemic" phase that accepts the coronavirus is here to stay but is manageable as immunity builds. Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher said he is vaccinated and urges others to also get their shots.
He also required state workers and teachers to either get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing. And California's school children by summer must be vaccinated to attend in-person classes.
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