California bill would end all vaccination loopholes except medical

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33. SacBee: California vaccine bill stalls

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article18604656.html

California vaccine bill stalls

BY JEREMY B. WHITE
04/15/2015 12:57 PM 04/15/2015 1:23 PM

Bowing to concerns from parents and lawmakers that children would be denied a public education, a state Senate committee Tuesday held off voting on a bill requiring most parents to vaccinate their children as a condition of enrolling them in school.

“If I were you, I would not take a vote today,” Sen. Carol Liu, D-Canada Flintridge, who leads the Senate’s education panel, told Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, the bill’s author. “Otherwise I don’t think your bill proceeds out of this committee.”

With multiple legislators expressing doubts, Pan agreed to postpone a vote until next Wednesday. Between now and then, Pan and his allies will try to negotiate changes to the bill to win over Liu and other lawmakers on the panel.

California is one of 19 states permitting parents to cite a personal belief exemption if they wish to enroll children in school without being fully vaccinated. Bursts of illnesses like whooping cough and measles have led legislators to propose closing off the personal belief avenue via Senate Bill 277. They have won the support of public health officials, medical professionals and educators. The measure cleared the Senate Health Committee last week.

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