HONOLULU, HI (FEBRUARY 8, 2025) – A Hawaii bill seeking to eliminate the religious exemption to school vaccinations passed out of the House Health Committee yesterday by a vote of 7-2. You can watch the vote, and the brief discussion among lawmakers before it, here. As reported by GreenMedInfo.com, “Gary Cordery, former gubernatorial candidate and founder of the Aloha Freedom Coalition … said the Democratic Senate and House will likely rubber-stamp the bill into law unless there is significant public pushback.”
We are poised to immediately file a federal lawsuit challenging this bill if it is indeed passed. As currently drafted, the bill would allow any child who had an approved religious exemption for the 2024-25 school year to continue using the exemption. If you are a Hawaii parent who plans to enroll your child in school next year with a religious exemption, please email us at [email protected] if you would like to join the proposed lawsuit. If you are not a Hawaii parent but know people in Hawaii who may be able to assist us in securing plaintiffs, please forward this email along to to them.
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