Connecticut Democrats are ending religious exemptions for mandatory vaccines House Bill 5044 “An Act Establishing Connecticut Vaccine Standards” already passed both chambers of the Connecticut legislature and is headed to Democrat Governor Ned Lamont for signature “Connecticut lawmakers are expected to vote on two bills to expand the state’s power to buy and distribute vaccines and they also want to strengthen a controversial law that eliminated religious exemptions for school vaccines” The bill reinforces the ban on Religious Exemptions Explicitly states that Connecticut’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not apply to school immunization requirements This includes public schools, private schools, higher ed and childcare This is a direct response to an ongoing lawsuit by families seeking to reinstate religious exemptions, which was partially surviving under Connecticut’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act claims This new bill “clarifies” the 2021 law Democrats passed that eliminated non-medical, both religious and philosophical exemptions for school vaccines
Connecticut Democrats are ending religious exemptions for mandatory vaccines
House Bill 5044 “An Act Establishing Connecticut Vaccine Standards” already passed both chambers of the Connecticut legislature and is headed to Democrat Governor Ned Lamont for signature
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