Mandatory vaccination bill for public schools passes California legislature

• Parents’ personal or religious objections no longer grounds for opting out
• It is uncertain if Governor Jerry Brown will sign bill into law

Four months after a measles outbreak that began at Disneyland ran its cross-country course, the California general assembly on Thursday approved a bill that would require all children in public schools to be vaccinated.

The bill, which lays out what would be one of the strictest vaccination regimes in the country, would eliminate current exceptions that allow for students to go unvaccinated due to personal beliefs or on religious grounds.

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