LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill to require vaccinations for meningitis is all but certain to die in the Nebraska Legislature.

Its sponsor, Sen. Bob Krist of Omaha, filed a procedural motion Thursday to push the measure to the bottom of this year’s agenda.

The bill would have required all students be immunized before entering seventh grade and again after they turned 16 years old. Parents could opt out for religious reasons. The bill faced a filibuster led by Sen. Mike Groene, of North Platte.

Groene and Krist reached a compromise Thursday with an amendment to let parents opt out for “philosophical” reasons. But Krist says public health officials who first approached him with the bill told him they’d rather see it die than have a less effective law in place.