Key takeaways:
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has called on state lawmakers to make permanent existing penalties for companies that require all employees to get the Covid-19 vaccination.
- The proposal would extend indefinitely measures DeSantis signed in 2021 that made Florida the first state in the country to threaten businesses with fines if they required workers to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
- The governor previously enacted temporary executive orders to ban Covid-19 safety precautions and now hopes to make the policies permanent.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has called on state lawmakers to make permanent existing penalties for companies that require all employees to get the Covid-19 vaccination. This proposal would extend indefinitely measures DeSantis signed in 2021 that made Florida the first state in the country to threaten businesses with fines if they required workers to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
At a press conference Tuesday, DeSantis said the measures would ensure Florida remains a refuge of sanity and provide landmark protections for free speech for medical practitioners. He also said the measures would permanently ban numerous safety measures meant to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, including mask and vaccine mandates.
The proposal has pitted DeSantis and Florida against the federal government over President Joe Biden’s efforts to get the country’s workforce inoculated. DeSantis’s stance has helped boost his popularity among conservatives.
The governor previously enacted temporary executive orders to ban Covid-19 safety precautions and now hopes to make the policies permanent. It remains to be seen if the proposal will be approved by state lawmakers. If it is, it would be the first state in the country to make such a move.
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