SR 2 — Urging the governor to issue a new declaration.

32-LS0543\IS T A T E O F A L A S K A SENATE RESOLUTIONSenate NO.Source Resolve No.

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2/12/21_______________ Referred:BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE:

Taken up A RESOLUTION Urging the governor to issue a new declaration.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE:

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and WHEREAS the Senate supports that an individual or a parent or guardian of a minor child may object to the administration of a COVID-19 vaccine based on religious, medical, or other grounds, and that a person may not require an individual to provide justification or documentation to support the individual's decision to decline a COVID-19 vaccine or to decline a COVID-19 vaccine for a minor child;

and WHEREAS, partly because of the state's robust COVID-19 response efforts and the governor's leadership, the state currently has the third-lowest COVID-19 fatality rate in the United States;

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