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SD House Committee Derails Vaccination Exception Bill

SD House Committee Derails Vaccination Exception Bill

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Members of the South Dakota House Health & Human Services Committee heard over two hours of testimony Tuesday on a bill that would drop the requirement that kids be vaccinated before they start school.

Mark Sternhagen of Brookings says due to a fever, he missed a polio shot when he was very young living in Scotland…

Mya Olson of Watertown says the issue is freedom…

Committee Chairman, Representative Kevin Jensen of Canton says he would like to see the issue go to a summer study….

The committee voted ten to two to send the bill to the forty first legislative day, effectively killing it.

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