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

By Vanessa Serna

SACRAMENTO—A California Senate bill that would have required all K–12 students to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and eliminated personal belief exemption has been tabled.

Sen. Richard Pan (D-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 transportation to get their children vaccinated.

“Until children’s access to COVID vaccination is greatly improved, I believe that a state-wide policy to require COVID vaccination in schools is not the immediate priority,” Pan said in a statement…

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