Georgia House approves blocking COVID-19 vaccine mandates

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March 24th, 2023

The FDA is expected to green light new COVID-19 vaccines any day now to help people protect themselves from the latest strains of the virus.
Tori Hood, an emergency room nurse at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, gives 15-year-old Tristan Linscott her first COVID-19 vaccine dose at a pop-up vaccination clinic at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park, Georgia in January 2022. (Sam Whitehead/WABE)

Any COVID-19 vaccine requirement by public schools, state agencies or local governments would be blocked under legislation given final approval by the Georgia House on Thursday.

The House voted 99-69 in favor of Senate Bill 1, which would make permanent what had been a one-year ban enacted in 2022. The measure now goes to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature or veto.

Rep. Todd Jones, a Republican from Cumming who supports the measure, said the government shouldn’t be able to force anyone to get a COVID-19 vaccine, or refuse services to people who are unvaccinated.

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