The Mississippi Senate passed a bill to prohibit private companies and governments from requiring COVID-19 vaccination of employees over their “sincerely held religious objections.”
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today March 9, 2022 The Senate after much debate — and efforts to make the measure stronger — passed a House bill to prohibit private companies and Mississippi governments from requiring COVID-19 vaccination of employees over their"sincerely held religious objections." But the Senate added a change to the bill to ensure more debate and scrutiny before it could be sent to the governor and signed into law.
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