Contact your legislators NOW to protect students’ religious exemptions for vaccines!
Also, contact House Minority Leader Representative Brad Jones and tell him to block a vote on the vaccine bills!
Representative Brad Jones
Phone: 617-722-2100
Email: bradley.jones@mahouse.gov
It is expected that vaccination bills, HB604, SB1391, and HB2151/SB1458 will move out of the Joint Committee on Public Health and may be brought for a vote during an informal session before the end of the year.
HB604 and SB1391 would delete the religious exemption for K-12th grade students from the current vaccine law, completely eliminating the exemption for students at both public and private schools. This exemption has been part of the MA vaccine statute for decades.
HB2151/SB1458 would keep the exemption but would require all exemption requests to go through the MA Department of Public Health.
We oppose these bills for these reasons:
They would eliminate religious exemptions, result in decreased accountability and increased government bureaucracy, shame schools and parents, and allow minors to consent to vaccination without their parents’ or guardians’ knowledge or consent.
Controversial bills are NOT supposed to be brought for a vote during informal session. It only takes ONE VOTE in the Senate and the House to defeat these bills.
Please contact your legislators right away by clicking here and tell them to VOTE NO on the vaccine bills if they come for a vote. To learn more about these bills visit our Take Action page.
We can stop these bills but only if you contact your legislators now!
Also, contact House Minority Leader Representative Brad Jones and tell him to block a vote on these bills!
Representative Brad Jones
Phone: 617-722-2100
Email: bradley.jones@mahouse.gov
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