Maine House, US Supreme Court Deny Relief Requests From COVID Jab

Maine Governor Janet Mills has taken one of the toughest stances against vaccine religious exemptions in the nation. Here she is pictured at the Climate Action Summit in the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New York on Sept. 23, 2019. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

The Maine House of Representatives on Feb. 23 rejected a proposal calling for a five-year prohibition on all COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the state, which has some of the most restrictive orders in the nation.

By a 76–59 vote with 13 lawmakers absent, the Democratic-controlled Maine House voted down the measure. The chamber voted to forward it to the Senate for consideration.