Vaccinate California Timeline

April 22, SB277 passes Senate Education Committee

April 8th,  SB277 passes Senate Health Committee
Vaccinate California Co-Founder and Executive Director Leah Russin testifies in support of the bill, followed by many many volunteer supporters

February 25th, Vaccinate California Co-founder Hannah Henry presents MoveOn.org petition with over 20,000 signatures to Dr. Pan and Senator Allen, supporting legislation to strengthen immunization laws.

February 4, Senators Pan and Allen introduce what will become SB277, sponsored by Vaccinate California.
• Vaccinate California Co-Founder and Executive Director speaks at press conference about the importance of the change in law to protect CA children.
• Bill as introduced.

February 3rd, Vaccinate California is formed.

January 5, the first measles case reported connected with the Disneyland outbreak. On January 5, 2015, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) was notified about a suspected measles case. The patient was a hospitalized, unvaccinated child, aged 11 years with rash onset on December 28. The only notable travel history during the exposure period was a visit to one of two adjacent Disney theme parks located in Orange County, California. On the same day, CDPH received reports of four additional suspected measles cases in California residents and two in Utah residents, all of whom reported visiting one or both Disney theme parks during December 17–20. By January 7, seven California measles cases had been confirmed, and CDPH issued a press release and an Epidemic Information Exchange (Epi-X) notification to other states regarding this outbreak. Measles transmission is ongoing.

Patient zero visits Disneyland with the measles.