Authors of Californiaa s vaccine bill dilute legislation to ease passage

A bill originally aimed at ensuring that virtually all schoolchildren are fully vaccinated is getting watered down – but in a politically astute way that will most likely ensure its historic passage. The authors of the incendiary legislation, Sens. Richard Pan and Ben Allen, plan to amend the bill in a way that essentially “grandfathers in” many public and private school students whose parents have claimed “personal belief exemptions” to vaccination requirements.