The Department of Health is also to make the “potential risks and harms associated” with the COVID-19 vaccine publicly available.

Arkansas lawmakers have passed a bill on Thursday that prohibits the state from mandating someone to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

The special session called by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders was said to be spotlighting tax cuts and redefining state FOIA laws. While the controversial FOIA bill has run into some roadblocks, the ban on vaccine mandates for COVID-19 was filed and subsequently sailed through the Senate and House.