Many current GOP lawmakers voted for a vaccine mandate in 2013
In. 2013, Shawna McIntosh spoke to reporters in Nashville about a bill named after her late son, Jacob Nunley, who died of meningitis in 2012 as a college freshman. The Tennessee House sent a bill to require meningitis immunization for college students for the governor's signature. The bill named after Nunley was sponsored by Rep. Craig Fitzhugh, D-Ripley. (center), and Sen. Lowe Finney, D-Jackson. (AP Photo file/Erik Schelzig)
Tennessee Republicans are firmly anti-mandate today. But in 2013, they supported a requirement that college students get vaccinated against meningitis.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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