The legislation would apply for all vaccines, not just COVID-19. Credit: Attila Balazs/MTI via AP, File FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 file photo, a nurse prepares a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be injected at the Andras Josa Teaching Hospital in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. Author: Jake Zuckerman (Ohio Capital Journal) Published: 1:02 PM EDT April 8, 2021 Updated: 1:02 PM EDT April 8, 2021 Sixteen Ohio House Republicans, six of whom have publicly announced their declination to take a COVID-19 vaccine, proposed legislation Tuesday to build legal protections for people who decline vaccinations. Under the bill, governments, schools and private businesses could still impose a vaccine requirement. However, the bill would force them to exempt anyone who submits in writing a claim of medical contraindication, “natural immunity,” or “reasons of conscience, including religious conviction.”