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| IL State Rep Bob Morgan (D-58) |
UPDATE: The House Human Services Committee did not call HB 4244 to a vote on Wednesday. As a result, the bill was moved to a subcommittee. It is possible for the bill to be brought up again, or it could linger in subcommittee status, never to be heard again.
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HB 4244, which was introduced by State Rep Bob Morgan (D-58), was originally going to have a hearing last Wednesday, but the committee did not have the quorum necessary to hold the hearing. Before it was rescheduled, over 14,000 people filed opposition slips on the Illinois General Assembly website.
Citizens who oppose the bill are concerned with how the state might use vaccine history information. One method would be through a vaccine passport system, such as the one used in New York.
Many pro-life advocates are concerned about this type of legislation. All currently available COVID-19 vaccines were developed and/or manufactured with the use of cells harvested from aborted babies. For that reason, some pro-life advocates choose not to take them as a matter of conscience. Vaccine passports and similar rules would create systems that would discriminate against them for making that choice.
