Riverside County lawmakers say they have reservations about a proposed state law due for hearings next month that would pave the way for children as young as 12 to receive COVID-19 shots without first obtaining their parents’ permission. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo
Riverside County lawmakers from both sides of the aisle said they have reservations about a proposed state law due for hearings next month that would pave the way for children as young as 12 to receive COVID-19 shots without first obtaining their parents’ permission.“I respect parents’ authority over the welfare of their children and take the issue of informed consent seriously,” Sen. Richard Roth, D-Riverside, told City News Service. “I will be closely monitoring this bill. I … will not be in a position to cast a vote on it until it is on the Senate floor. In that time, the bill may change substantially.”The proposed legislation, Senate Bill 866, the “Teens Choose Vaccines Act,” was introduced in January by Sens. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento and Scott Wiener, D-San
