Blair: 'Frankly I think this hearkens back Nazi Germany.' using federal dollars to force people to obey the state

Weld: nobody should be forced to receive a vaccine if they dont want it -- but -- 'This is one of the worst, most poorly drafted pieces of legislation I've seen in my life'

Approaching somewhere about an hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours of debate on vaccine exemption bill

HB 335 pases 17-16 after 2-plus hours of debate

Vote to make Hb 335 effective from passage fails, 18-15, needed 2/3 vote

Thanks to Brad McElhinny for reminder that House has to concur to Tarr amendment to HB 335 when it reconvenes Wednesday at 6 pm

Senate adjourns till 5 pm Wednesday

Back in Morgantown, watching the House floor session remotely.

For any member of the Capitol press corps, I left a can of Monster energy punch in the press room fridge -- free to a good home.

House re-passes HB 335, vax emeption bill, with Senate amendments' Delegate Hansen cautions people to pause before comparing health policies to inhumane Nazi studies: 'To me these aren't particularly comparable to vaccine mandates intended to keep people safe and healthy'

House Redistricting chair Howell proposing seven amendment tweaks to SB 3034, Senate district bill, to conform seven misaligned census blocks between the two maps, most have no people; including seven Marion County voters between 2nd and 13th districts

House passes Senate district bill, SB 3034, 72-19. Evan Hansen objects to Mon County split: 'If there ever was a single county in West Viringinia that should be provided its own senatorial district, Mon County is that county.' Ideal district has 105,513 people, Mon has 105,822

Senate concurs with House census block amendments to redistricting bill, SB 3034, and re-passes it 26-0.

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David Beard It’s apparent the House had a bill mostly ready to go and Gov amended his call in such a vague way so really they could pass whatever bill they wanted to. There is nothing against a lawmaker introducing their own bill per se as long as it aligns with the Govs call.

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