Bill Would Help Protect Workers, End State Of Emergency

As the 2022 legislative session gets ready to kick off in January, I co-authored legislation to help protect Hoosier workers and end the statewide public health emergency.

House Bill 1001 would allow Gov. Eric Holcomb’s state public health emergency to expire by ensuring Indiana could continue receiving the same federal reimbursements for SNAP and Medicaid, and maintain the state’s ability to hold voluntary community vaccination clinics. Holcomb recently announced that he will keep the state of emergency and the remaining, but limited, executive order in place until lawmakers take action in January.The legislation would also require businesses to accept medical and religious exemptions, if they require the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment.As your state representative, I’ll continue working hard to protect individual rights and I look forward to helping move this legislation quickly through the process come January.