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RESOLUTION CALLING FOR BAN ON MANDATORY COVID VACCINATION(S)

Authored by Office of Texas State Representative Brian Harrison, HD 10

WHEREAS, for the first time in history, the federal government is mandating forced vaccinations of

Americans, including millions of Texans, and has done it solely through executive action; and

WHEREAS, many private and public entities have imposed mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirements on

their employees, leading to a mass exit of workers in certain fields, such as the medical field, the restaurant industry,

and other massive employment industries; and

WHEREAS, although the United States Supreme Court, in its decision in NFIB v. U.S. Dep’t of Labor,

recognized the unconstitutionality of Joe Biden’s order to impose mandatory vaccinations through the Occupational

Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by correctly acknowledging that OSHA has no power to regulate public

health, vaccine mandates still exist by the federal government for healthcare employees and among private sector

employers; and

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court acknowledged in Pruneyard Shopping Ctr. v. Robins, 447

U.S. 74, 81 (1980), that a state may provide "individual liberties more expansive than those conferred by the Federal

Constitution;" and

WHEREAS, Texas Bill of Rights Section 3(a) provides for equality under the law for every Texan,

guaranteeing equal treatment to all, and Section 6, which provides that “[n]o human authority ought, in any case

whatever, to control or interfere with the rights of conscience . . .;” and

WHEREAS, Texas Bill of Rights Section 19 prohibits the deprivation of life, liberty, or property, etc., except

by the due course of the law of land; and Section 20, which provides that “[n]o citizen shall be outlawed;” and

WHEREAS, the decision in Canterbury v. Spence, 464 F.2d 772 (D.C. Cir. 1972), establishing the concept

of informed consent, has become a bedrock principle of the laws of this country and of each state and any attempt to

compel or coerce an individual into being vaccinated against COVID-19 contrary to the individual's preference is

inconsistent with the principles of informed consent; and

WHEREAS, RPT Platform Plank #58 rejects governmental mask mandates, reading that government

“should not be able to force businesses to require face coverings;” and

WHEREAS, RPT Platform Plank #250 reads that “[i]nformed consent is a basic human right,” and that “[a]ll

people have the right to weigh the risks and benefits of any medical intervention for themselves or minor family

members in determining whether or not to undergo any intervention;” and Plank #250 (g) reads that “[w]e reject any

government-mandated treatment, vaccination, or use of controlled substances of any kind,” and in #253 that “[w]e

call for an addition to the Texas Bill of Rights that explicitly recognizes the natural right to refuse vaccination of

medical treatment and the right for such choices to not be a condition of provision of government services;” and

WHEREAS, the Preamble of the RPT expresses the Party’s belief that economic success depends upon free

market principles;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Republican party of Texas opposes mandatory COVID-19

vaccine requirements, whether they be found in the public or private sphere, and opposes COVID-19 mask and other

face covering mandates by government entities; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we unconditionally insist that legislators pass a law banning mandatory

COVID-19 vaccines by either the private or public sector by affirming that no person may compel or coerce an

individual into receiving a COVID-19 vaccine contrary to the individual's vaccination preference.

Adopted this ______ day of March, 2022, at the Precinct Convention of Precinct # ______, County of

______________, of the Republican Party of Texas.