Bill > HF2815

This bill prohibits local government entities in Minnesota from enforcing federal vaccine passport requirements, grounding its rationale in the Tenth Amendment's protection of states' rights and individual liberties. Specifically, the bill prevents any government entity, its subdivisions, agents, or designees from enforcing vaccine passports, passes, or credentials, regardless of whether they originate from federal acts, laws, executive orders, administrative orders, court orders, rules, regulations, statutes, or ordinances. The bill additionally establishes a civil cause of action, allowing individuals to sue government entities or their representatives who attempt to enforce vaccine passports, with potential legal remedies including reasonable attorney fees and costs. Notably, the bill explicitly states that traditional legal protections like sovereign, official, or qualified immunity cannot be used as defenses in such lawsuits. The legislation appears aimed at protecting individual privacy rights and limiting what its proponents view as potential federal government overreach in mandating vaccine documentation.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2815&ssn=0&y=2025