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A committee of the House proposed a measure that would prevent parents from asking for a personal or philosophical exemption from using the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine for their school-aged children.
The House Health and Wellness Committee approved Bill 1638 by 10 votes to 5. It could be put to a vote in the House of Commons in the coming weeks.
The vote comes amid a measles outbreak that has sickened more than 50 people in the Pacific Northwest and has prompted Governor Jay Inslee to declare the state of emergency. Health officials have reported at least 54 known cases in the state of Washington and four in Oregon. Most of Washington's cases are concentrated in Clark County, just north of Portland, Oregon. The measure is sponsored by a legislator from this region, Republican Paul Harris of Vancouver.
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