Urge Gov. DeWine to Veto Anti-Vaccination Bill

Late Monday night, the last day of session before summer break, Republican lawmakers in both houses passed legislation blocking public schools and colleges from mandating vaccination against COVID-19. The bill, HB 244, if signed into law, would prohibit public schools and colleges from requiring vaccines that are available under emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and forbids those schools and colleges from treating unvaccinated people differently than vaccinated people, meaning they could not require unvaccinated people to adhere to different public health measures such as social distancing and mask-wearing. You can contact the Gov. DeWine here or by calling 614-466-3555 to urge a veto on this language.