California lawmakers have amended the proposed legislation to raise the minimum age from 12 to 15.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Thursday amended a bill that would have let preteens be vaccinated against a range of health conditions without their parents' consent, instead raising the proposed minimum age to 15, which would still be among the youngest in the U.S.
Related: Local 14-year-old leads the charge for youth vaccine access in CaliforniaRepublican Assemblyman Kevin Kiley said in a tweet that the bill was “nowhere close” to having the needed 41 votes to pass the Assembly. The amendment will not change the lower age of consent for vaccines related to sexually transmitted diseases.
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