State legislature

Tennessee lawmakers are preparing to return to Nashville this week and debate a series of new bills, mostly efforts to crack down on public and private COVID-19 mitigation measures.

Bills submitted before the House’s Tuesday afternoon filing deadline seek to, among other things, prohibit COVID-19 vaccine requirements at schools, prohibit mask mandates, prohibit contact tracing at schools and give employees an avenue to sue employers who mandate vaccines should the immunization result in any adverse physical effect. Another bill would prohibit the state from giving contracts or tax incentives to companies that mandate the COVID-19 vaccination. The Senate has not yet established a filing deadline. Additional legislation could be forthcoming at the discretion of legislative leadership, or existing bills could be completely rewritten.

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