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Vaccine bills stack up in statehouses across the US

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Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates.

Many see a political opportunity to rewrite policies in their states after President Trump 's return to the White House and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's nomination as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services .

Other bills touch on some of the opposition that's been growing since the pandemic.

Vaccine injury is also a popular topic, and bills in Indiana and North Dakota propose creating state versions of the CDC 's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System .

Experts say policy should be focused on getting rid of barriers to vaccination, not adding to them.