The South Dakota House on Tuesday passed a proposal to allow employees to avoid their workplace COVID-19 vaccine requirement by citing any objection of their conscience.

The bill’s passage on a 37-30 vote in the Republican-controlled House represented a snub to a separate proposal from Gov. Kristi Noem that would allow employees to avoid mandates by citing either a medical exemption, religious grounds for refusal or a test showing antibodies against COVID-19 in the last six months.

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