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California Bill Allowing Minors to Receive Vaccines Without Parent Consent Advances

May 6, 2022
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California is one step closer to allowing minors to receive any vaccine without parental consent following a 7–0 vote in the state Senate Judiciary Committee on May 5. “Teens should be able to protect their own health with vaccines—whether against COVID, flu, measles, or polio—even if their parents refuse or can’t take them to get…

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California Lawmaker Pauses Bill to Mandate COVID Vaccination for K–12 Students

April 14, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—A California Senate bill that would have required all K–12 students to receive the COVID-19 jab and eliminated personal belief exemption has been tabled. Sen. Richard Pan (R-Sacramento), the legislator behind Senate Bill (SB) 871, announced on April 14 that COVID-19 vaccination rates are “insufficient” among children as parents struggle to find the time and…

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California Lawmakers to Potentially Enforce Regular School COVID-19 Testing Plan

April 1, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—California is to potentially pass legislation that will require all schools to create a COVID-19 testing plan to prevent case surges and school closures. Senate Bill 1479, introduced by Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), advanced to the state assembly Education Committee following a March 31 vote to advance the bill during a Health Committee meeting. The…

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California Lawmakers Seek to Implement Regular School COVID-19 Testing Plan

April 1, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—California could potentially pass legislation that will require all schools to create a COVID-19 testing plan to prevent case surges and school closures. Senate Bill 1479, introduced by Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), advanced to the state assembly Education Committee following a March 31 vote to advance the bill during a Health Committee meeting. The bill…

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New Bill Would Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine for All California Schoolchildren

January 25, 2022
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All California school students would be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 under legislation proposed Monday. The proposed bill, titled the Keep Schools Open and Safe Act, would eliminate a personal belief exemption in school-based COVID-19 vaccination requirements. State Sen. Richard Pan, a Democrat, introduced the legislation during a news conference at a Los Angeles…

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Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Scrap COVID Vaccine Personal Belief Exemptions for California Students

January 24, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—A California state lawmaker proposed on Jan. 24 to eliminate personal belief exemptions and expand upon a state COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all school students. “We have an opportunity here to keep kids safe,” Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) said Monday during a California Medical Association news conference, where the legislator and pediatrician announced details of the…

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Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Scrap COVID Vaccine Personal Belief Exemption for California Students

January 24, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—A California state lawmaker proposed on Jan. 24 to eliminate personal belief exemptions and expand upon a state COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all school students. “We have an opportunity here to keep kids safe,” Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) said Monday during a California Medical Association news conference, where the legislator and pediatrician announced details of the…

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Proposed Bill Requires All California K-12 Students Get Vaccinated for COVID-19

January 24, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—A bill was introduced Jan. 24 that would require all students K–12 in California to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and eliminate the personal belief exemption. Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced a statewide school vaccination mandate, but it will not take effect statewide until a vaccine receives full approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)….

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