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Gov. Ivey signs executive order aimed against federal vaccine mandates

FILE-In this Wednesday, May 15, 2019 file photo released by the state shows Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signing a bill that virtually outlaws abortion in the state, in Montgomery, Ala. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, has blocked an Alabama abortion ban that would have made the procedure a felony at any stage of pregnancy in almost all cases. (Hal Yeager/Alabama Governor's Office via AP, File)

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed an executive order Monday aimed at fighting federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

According to the governor’s office, Executive Order 724 was signed to “fight the overreaching vaccine mandates from the federal government.”

The executive order states that, effective immediately, no agency, department, board, commission, or other state entity will impose penalties for businesses that are not in compliance with the federally imposed vaccine requirement.

Ivey and several other governors have been vocally opposed to vaccine mandates in their states.

You can read the full executive order here: