Sen. Melissa Melendez Archives

Bill to let 12-Year Olds Get Vaccine Without Parental Consent Could be Voted on in Assembly This Week

June 6, 2022 9:50 amJune 6, 2022 9:50 am

The bill to allow children as young as age 12 to take the COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent, passed the California State Senate three weeks ago. Senate Bill 866 by Senators Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) may be...

Bill to let 12-Year Olds Get Vaccine Without Parental Consent Passes State Senate

May 13, 2022 8:03 amMay 14, 2022 7:08 am

SB 866 by Senators Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) to allow children ages 12 to 17 to take the COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent, just passed the California State Senate Thursday. California legislators formed a “vaccine working group”...

Senate Democrats Kill Chance to End California’s 700-day COVID State of Emergency

March 15, 2022 12:36 pm

SCR 5 is a resolution authored by Sen. Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore), seeking to end Governor Gavin Newsom’s declared COVID-based State of Emergency, which has continued uninterrupted for 700 days – two years. Originally written nine months after the governor’s...

CA Lawmakers Targeting Kids and Working Classes for Mandatory COVID Vaccines

February 22, 2022 8:28 amApril 3, 2022 4:18 pm

“Dr. Richard Pan Introduces Measure to Keep Schools Open and Safe,” reads the headline on Sen. Richard Pan’s official Senate website. And then the truth comes next: “Bill Would Close Personal Exemption Loophole for COVID-19 School Vaccinations, Builds on Success...

Will the Legislature Finally Consider Ending Gov. Newsom’s One Man Rule?

February 17, 2022 10:56 am

Sen. Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) authored a resolution to end Gov. Gavin Newsom’s nearly two-year-old COVID State of Emergency. Dated December 22, 2020, her resolution is related to the Legislature terminating the state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor on...

BREAKING: California Gov. Newsom Mandates COVID Vaccine for Children to Attend School

October 1, 2021 11:25 amOctober 4, 2021 9:25 am

UPDATE below: California Gov. Gavin Newsom just announced a new mandate to require school children to get the COVID-19 vaccine in order to be allowed to attend school, “following full FDA approval.” https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1443990974116495363 Putting this new mandate into perspective, Assemblyman...

CA Democrats Pass Bill Altering the Current California Recall Election, Again

June 29, 2021 9:45 pmJune 29, 2021 9:45 pm

The California Legislature just passed SB 152 which authorizes the California Secretary of State to certify the recall petition signatures for a recall election without waiting for the Joint Legislative Budget Committee to review for 30 days the Department of...