Inside, there were cheers. Outside, there were protests.

Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1638 into law to applause Friday at Vancouver City Hall, eliminating personal and philosophical exemptions to requirements that children in public and private schools as well as licensed day-care centers receive the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

Outside City Hall, protestors carried posters opposing the bill and pleading for choice on vaccinations.

Inslee said the new law was aimed at ending measles outbreaks in Washington and sending a statement in the debate around the necessity of vaccination versus parental control over their children’s medical care.

“We are here to say something very simply,” Inslee said before signing the bill. “In Washington state, we believe in our doctors, we believe in our nurses, we believe in our educators, we believe in science and we love our children. That is why in Washington state, we are against measles.”

The bill sprung from Clark County’s measles outbreak, which began in January, ended in late April and racked up 71 measles cases, while also spreading to King County and Multnomah County, Ore.