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West Virginia House votes down vaccine exemption bill

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The West Virginia House of Delegates rejected the vaccine exemption bill on Monday. The bill was defeated by a vote of 42-56.

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West Virginia House Rejects Vaccine Exemption Bill

The bill would have mandated that public schools accept religious and philosophical vaccination exemptions from families with school-aged children.

20 hours ago·United States

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The Herald-Dispatch

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WV House rejects bill allowing vaccine exemptions

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates on Monday rejected a bill that would have dismantled what is broadly considered by medical experts to be among the most protective school immunization policies in the country.

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The Journal

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Vaccine exemption bill fails in West Virginia House of Delegates

CHARLESTON — After weeks of anticipation, the West Virginia House of Delegates narrowly defeated Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s bill that would have allowed for parents and guardians to use a religious exemption to the state’s mandatory school-age immunization program.

21 hours ago

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Charleston Gazette-Mail

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West Virginia House rejects vaccine exemption bill, a priority for Morrisey

The House of Delegates on Monday rejected a bill that would have allowed religious exemptions for West Virginia’s school vaccination laws. Delegates voted 42 to 56 against Senate Bill 460. The legislation would have allowed families who object to vaccinations on religious grounds to submit a written statement to their school administrator. It would have allowed the state’s private and parochial schools to set their own requirements for vaccines.

22 hours ago·Charleston, United States

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WTRF

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WV House votes down vaccine exemption bill

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) -- The West Virginia House of Delegates rejected the vaccine exemption bill on Monday. The bill was defeated by a vote of 42-56. In a press release issued Monday afternoon West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin praised members of the West Virginia House of Delegates for the defeat of SB 460, which Pushkin called "Governor Patrick Morrissey's deeply irresponsible and dangerous child immunization exemption legislat…

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