Radical "pandemic control bill" before Massachusetts Legislature  S2028 / H4275

Could give MA broad powers to enter & search homes, take property, detain people without warrants, require vaccinations, and more.

Everything you need to know: See links below!

UPDATED: December 3, 2009

CURRENT STATUS: Separate Senate (S2028) and House (H4275) versions have passed. On October 9, 2009, both versions went to a 6-member Conference Committee to reconcile them into one bill, to then go to the Governor's desk. The bill is still in the Conference Committee. See 10/2/09 MassResistance Report: "Pandemic control bill" now languishes in conference committee

Below are links to information, bill text, and more about both the Senate and House versions of the bill.

A. The Senate version S2028 - Passed unanimously in April.

As fears of an H1N1 swine flu epidemic emerged, a draconian "pandemic control bill" that would give broad extra-constitutional powers to the state to enter and search houses, take property, detain people, require vaccinations, and set penalties for non-compliance at $1000.00 per day and jail time was passed unanimously by the Senate in April.

• Full text of Bill S2028--with links & commentary

• How Bill S2028 will affect you

National news reports:

• VIDEO: National Fox News report on Bill S2028 with Judge Andrew Napolitano.  (NOTE: The report erroneously says that it already passed the legislature.)

• WorldNetDaily article: "Pandemic bill allows health authorities to enter homes, detain without warrant"

Related information, reports, etc:

• LOBBYING EFFORT: Mass. Department of Public Health (DPH) working behind the scenes to get pandemic bill passed

• VACCINE: Serious concerns about swine flu vaccine go back 30 years! (Links to articles and "60 minutes" video.)

• State preparing for passage of S2028. Hiring hundreds of health care workers to work during "state of emergency", writing regulations.

• Here we go again: Last session's bill requiring HPV vaccinations for all 6th-grade girls -- stopped by MassResistance!

• Civil Defense Act (passed in 1950) -- referenced in S2028 -- defining a "public emergency"

• Senate 36-0 roll-call vote April 28 on S2028

From the MassResistance Blog:
(NOTE: Google continues to "block" the MassResistance blog with a warning screen about "objectionable content". You have to click through that screen to get in.)

• Pandemic Bill S2028: What Do Its Sponsors Really Have in Mind?

• DPH Commissioner Auerbach's Testimony before Legislature on S2028 Pandemic Bill

• Mandatory Vaccination in Massachusetts? Connect the Dots

• Massachusetts Pandemic Powers: Quarantine for Mental Illness?

• HIV/AIDS Exempted from Pandemic Control Bill H2028

• HIV/AIDS Epidemic Calling Out for Action by Dept. of Public Health

 

B. The House version H4275 - Passed on October 8

• Full text of H4275 - with amendments included

MassResistance updates:

• 12/18/09: "Pandemic bill" goes to 6-person conference committee

• 10/9/09: MA House quickly passes new version of controversial "pandemic control bill" with 17 amendments!

• Text of H4271 -- initial House re-write of S2028 -- before House amendments

• 10/7/09: Legislature re-writes radical pandemic control bill S2028! Bill goes to MA House today