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Committee advances amended bill creating an informed-consent vaccine exemption; public-health experts urge rejection
Summary
SB 474, amended to add an "informed consent" exemption and to clarify religious-exemption acceptance, passed the committee 8-6 after contentious testimony; public-health and epidemiology witnesses warned the measure would weaken immunization protections and increase outbreak risk.
Sen. Daniel Emmerich introduced SB 474, proposing the state accept religious exemptions and create an additional "informed consent" exemption from required immunizations for school attendance. Emmerich described personal family experience seeking medical exemptions and argued that some parents cannot obtain medical exemptions and need an alternative based on informed…
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