Glenn Beck: “The medical thing that they just passed in Washington state. They passed it, and the governor has signed it, and basically it says if there's an immediate medical emergency, we can do whatever we want to. You now, remember, this is the state that was talking about building little internment camps for people who wouldn't get vaccinated last time” “If you think that they won't do that, you're out of your mind. You're crazy. And so it says if the governor decides that there is a medical emergency, statewide emergency, I love this one, ‘based on scientific experts’ they will dictate what happens to every individual, what you have to get. If scientific experts tell you have to take this, you will be forced to take that.“ “If you're living in Washington state, may I just say. Get the hell out now. The entire state. Get out of the state, and I'm dead serious on that. You're living in a state that has gone absolutely insane.
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State of Washington House Bill 1531.
You can read the actual bill at link below:
https://www.informedchoicewa.org/1531-this-bill-must-die/
This legislation would prevent local jurisdictions (e.g., counties, regional/county Boards of Health) from creating statutes, ordinances, rules, or policies that would “prohibit the implementation or promotion” of the disease response measures taken by State and Local Health Officers, namely with vaccines. Furthermore, any existing regulations that conflict with this policy would be declared null and void.
Despite the bill’s short length, it is still up for interpretation as to what it would actually accomplish – since no Washington jurisdiction has successfully passed a law or ordinance that prevents the Department of Health or their local health officers from “implementation or promotion” of their preferred infectious disease responses.
So, in this updated opinion by ICWA, written after the public comments delivered in the Health Committee (see below clips), this bill wouldn’t do anything initially since there are no existing ordinances or policies to void. A Washington city or county would have to take a stand and pass a law that would prevent a Department of Health response measure. Therefore, resolutions like the one passed by the Franklin County Commission on February 19, 2025 should remain in effect, given that this resolution doesn’t stop the Local Health Officer from doing their own implementation or promotion of their chosen, usually CDC-driven, communicable disease measures.
The opinion held by many Republican House Health Committee members along with ICWA and the many commenters against HB 1531 is that it is an obvious power play and is only serving to degrade trust in the public health institutions.
1 AN ACT Relating to preserving the ability of public officials to
2 address communicable diseases using scientifically proven measures to
3 control the spread of such diseases; adding a new section to chapter
4 70.54 RCW; and declaring an emergency.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
6 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 70.54
7 RCW to read as follows:
8 (1) It is the policy of the state that public health responses to
9 address communicable diseases be guided by the best available science
10 on the safety and efficacy of evidence-based measures to control the
11 spread of such diseases, including immunizations and vaccines.
12 (2) Consistent with the policy in subsection (1) of this section,
13 the state and local health officials must, within available
14 resources, implement and promote evidence-based, appropriate measures
15 to control the spread of communicable diseases, including vaccines.
16 The state and its political subdivisions may not enact statutes,
17 ordinances, rules, or policies that prohibit the implementation and
18 promotion of such measures. Any such statute, ordinance, rule, or
19 policy in place on the effective date of this section is hereby declared null and void.
page 2: 1 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act is necessary for the immediate
2 preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of
3 the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes
4 effect immediately. --- END ---
Read lines 16-19. Scary stuff. Can not be stopped.