--- description: The California Senate is expected to vote Monday on a measure on that will require most children in public schools to get vaccinations. title: California Lawmakers Could Make Vaccines Mandatory image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Infectious Disease](/tag/infectious-disease/) ## Infectious Disease Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # California Lawmakers to Vote on Tougher Vaccine Measures by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 29, 2015 11:34 AM CUT by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 29, 2015 11:34 AM CUT California lawmakers are [expected to vote Monday](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/06/29/us/ap-us-xgr-vaccines-california.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined") on a measure that would require most children in public schools to get vaccinations. The bill, which is headed for a final vote in the California state Senate, would end exemptions from vaccinations for personal belief, and would excuse only children with serious health issues from vaccines, reports the Associated Press. Other unvaccinated children would need to be homeschooled. An outbreak of measles at Disneyland in December infected over 100 people in the U.S. and Mexico, largely due to pockets of unvaccinated Californians. Gov. Jerry Brown has not said whether he would sign the bill. If it becomes law, California, Mississippi and West Virginia would be the only states with such strict vaccination requirements. \[[_AP_](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/06/29/us/ap-us-xgr-vaccines-california.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3939634/california-senate-vaccine-religious-exemptions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3939634/california-senate-vaccine-religious-exemptions/"},"headline":"California Lawmakers to Vote on Tougher Vaccine Measures","datePublished":"2015-06-29T11:34:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:37:18.896Z","description":"The bill would end exemptions from vaccinations for personal beliefs","url":"https://time.com/3939634/california-senate-vaccine-religious-exemptions/","keywords":["Infectious Disease","health","Vaccines"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/infectious-disease/","name":"Infectious Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3939634/california-senate-vaccine-religious-exemptions/","name":"California Lawmakers to Vote on Tougher Vaccine Measures"}}]}] ```