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Relating to information and communications provided by a school official, school employee, or school nurse relative to the religious exemption from immunization of children
Topics:K–12 educationHealth care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the immunization of children and rules adopted by the department of public health for implementation of immunization of children requirements. The bill provides that any information or communication provided by a school official, school employee, or school nurse regarding immunization requirements shall include information regarding the exemption from immunization requirement that allows an applicant to state that the immunization conflicts with the tenets and practices of a recognized religious denomination of which the applicant is an adherent or member.
House subcommittee
Named January 29, 2020. On February 6, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part