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Vote on NJ bill to bar certain vaccine exemptions stalled

by Associated Press
| January 13, 2020 1:05 PM

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers postponed an expected vote on a bill to eliminate most religious exemptions for vaccines for schoolchildren saying they lacked the votes, and leading to raucous cheers from opponents who had encircled the Statehouse with flags, bullhorns and banners.

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