Florida’s Governor, Ron DeSantis on Monday signed an executive order invalidating all remaining local emergency COVID orders, having declare the state’s COVID-19 emergency over.
DeSantis also signed a bill into law which bars businesses, schools and government entities across Florida from asking anyone to provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination.
DeSantis was speaking at St. Petersburg restaurant where he signed the bill with House Speaker Chris Sprowls and Senate President Wilton Simpson at this side.
The provision regulating so-called “vaccine passports” is included into, SB 2006, a bill intended to update the state’s emergency powers in the face of a future public health emergency.
The new law is effective July 1, but DeSantis said he would sign an executive order invalidating all remaining local emergency COVID orders that are still in place after July 1 and suspend immediately any orders related to COVID-19 now.
Under the new law, businesses, schools and governments may not require proof of vaccinations and if they do they can be fined up to $5,000 per incident.
They may, however, institute screening protocols if it is “consistent with authoritative or controlling government-issued guidance to protect public health.”
Licensed healthcare providers are the only entities exempted from the vaccine documentation provision.
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