NJ’s Religious Exemption to school vaccinations is still in danger. Although the NJ Senate did not have enough YES votes to bring S2173 to a floor vote in December, they can call a vote until January 14th, 2020 which is the end of the legislative year. Please take the following actions to help preserve NJ’s Religious Exemption:
1. Call, email, and visit your local legislative office to contact your State Senator.
Talking Points: State your opposition to S2173 and ask their position. If NO, thank them and encourage them to stay strong. If YES, discuss how NJ’s Religious Exemption is long-standing and grounded in the NJ constitution, how it provides bodily autonomy and parental choice, and most importantly how vaccines do not provide herd immunity according to CDC science detailed on this webpage. Finally, ask your senator to vote NO even if the bill is amended.
2. Call and email the Senate President & Bill Sponsor:
Senator Vitale – [email protected] / 732-855-7441
Senator Weinberg – [email protected] / 201-928-0100
Senate President Sweeney: [email protected] / 856-251-9801
3. Call Governor Murphy (609-292-6000) to state your opposition to S2173.
4. Take NJ’s Stand for Health Freedoms actions that can be found here.
5. Be prepared to be in Trenton in January if S2173 is called to a vote – possible dates are January 9th and 13th.
6. Call and email these Senator using the same talking points used at your local legislative office. More importantly, reach out to friends and family in these districts and have them contact each Senator as a constituent of that district:
Shirley K. Turner: District 15 (609) 323-7239 / [email protected]
Sandra Cunningham District 31: (201)451-5100/[email protected]
Ronald L. Rice District 28 (NO calls) / [email protected]
Nia H. Gill, Esq. District 34: (973) 509-0388 / sengill@njleg.org
Vin Gopal: District 11 (732) 695-3371 / [email protected]
Dawn Marie Addiego: District 8 (609) 654-1498 / senaddiego@njleg.org
Joseph A. Lagana District 38: (201) 576-9199 / [email protected]
Declan O’Scanlon: District 13 (732) 444-1838 / [email protected]
Nilsa Cruz-Perez District 5: (856) 541-1251 / [email protected]
M. Teresa Ruiz District 29: (973) 484-1000 / [email protected]
Paul Sarlo District 36: (201) 804-8118 / [email protected]
James Beach District 6: (856) 429-1572 / [email protected]
Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. District 18 (908) 757-1677 / [email protected]
Fred Madden, Jr. District 4: (856) 232-6700 / [email protected]
Richard J Cody District 27: (973) 535-5017 / [email protected]
Nellie Pou District 35: (973) 247-1555 / [email protected]
7. Write a Letter to the Editor to your local paper using the CDC science outlined here at njvaccinescience.org and see our Blog Post for examples of letters submitted.
8. District 11 Only – If you have kids taking the RE and live in District 11 please reach out to [email protected] regarding a special project.