SJR63: Joint Resolution Text

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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

2019 Senate JOINT RESOLUTION 63

September 5, 2019 - Introduced by Senators Carpenter, L. Taylor, Larson, Olsen and Ringhand, cosponsored by Representatives Hintz, Vorpagel, Kolste, L. Myers, Riemer, Anderson, Bowen, Brostoff, Crowley, Doyle, Emerson, Fields, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Kitchens, B. Meyers, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Tusler and Zamarripa. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.

SJR63,1,1 Relating to: recognizing August as Immunization Awareness Month in Wisconsin.

SJR63,1,2 Whereas, August is National Immunization Awareness Month; and

SJR63,1,4 Whereas, nearly a million students will return to Wisconsin schools at the end of August and beginning of September; and

SJR63,1,7 Whereas, state law requires K-12 students to receive certain immunizations to maintain herd immunity and protect the health of those who are unable to receive those immunizations; and

SJR63,1,10 Whereas, a national measles outbreak impacting 30 states and nearly 1,200 individuals is currently the largest in the United States in over 25 years and since measles was declared eliminated in this country; and

SJR63,1,12 Whereas, the current measles outbreak could have been prevented in certain parts of the country with higher vaccination rates and fewer exemptions; and

SJR63,1,14 Whereas, immunizations are considered to be one of the greatest modern medical discoveries of the past century; and

SJR63,2,3 Whereas, vaccines are estimated to have prevented 26.8 million hospitalizations and 936,000 deaths among children born in the United States between 1994 and 2018; and

SJR63,2,6 Whereas, vaccinations are necessary and safe for the overwhelming majority of people and have been shown to prevent disease across the globe; now therefore it be

SJR63,2,9 Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That: the members of the Wisconsin Legislature recognize August 2019 as Immunization Awareness Month in Wisconsin.

SJR63,2,10 (End)