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Committee advances bill to bar forced vaccination or treatment as a condition of quarantine
Summary
House Bill 888 would prohibit requiring vaccination, medication or other drug treatments as a condition of release from quarantine or isolation; supporters framed it as a personal-choice clarification, while county health officials warned it could conflict with public-health statutes in rare but serious disease scenarios. Committee adopted an amendment and passed the bill.
Representative Jedidiah Hinkle opened House Bill 888, saying the measure targets a specific concern in draft local quarantine plans: that a health board or officer could require vaccination or drug treatment as a condition of release. "No individual should be compelled, coerced, or strong-armed into taking any vaccine or drug treatment," Hinkle said, presenting language that would prevent vaccination or other medical procedures from being conditions for release from quarantine.
Supporters included parents, local advocates and county residents who described…
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