A proposed vaccine verification bill in California has died, but efforts for a stronger push next year are still circulating.
If passed, the bill would have required all employers, public or private, to have their employees show proof of vaccination or submit to a weekly COVID-19 test.
Democratic Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks from Oakland, who has been pushing for the legislation, said on Monday that she would halt her bill from moving forward so as to give more time for improvements on the bill’s policy and also more for collaboration.
Fresno republican Assemblyman Jim Patterson tweeted the following after learning of AB455’s demise:
BREAKING NEWS: AB 455 won’t be heard. It’s a testament to the thousands of calls and emails made in the last couple of days. It may come back in January 2022. If it does, I’ll oppose it and any other bill like it.
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