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Lane County adopts updated legislative priorities, removes vaccination-exemption language
Summary
Commissioners adopted an amended August 2025 legislative principles and priorities document, removing a line on eliminating nonmedical vaccination exemptions and asking staff to draft clearer communication protocols for legislative matters.
The Lane County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 26 to adopt its August 2025 legislative principles and priorities document, with a single amendment removing language supporting elimination of nonmedical exemptions for otherwise mandated vaccinations.
Steve Adams, policy director, and Vanessa Cornwall, intergovernmental relations officer, presented proposed changes the legislative committee recommended for the short session. Staff said the priorities document is a “living” guidance tool used to direct county advocacy in Salem and at the…
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