Bill Text: NJ A3827 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students to receive COVID-19 vaccination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-22 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee [A3827 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2024-A3827-Introduced.html

ASSEMBLY, No. 3827

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 22, 2024

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  VICTORIA A. FLYNN

District 13 (Monmouth)

Assemblyman  GERRY SCHARFENBERGER

District 13 (Monmouth)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students to receive COVID-19 vaccination.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  


An Act concerning COVID-19 vaccination requirement in higher education and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. 

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    This act shall be known and may be cited as the "COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Prohibition Act for Higher Education."

 

     2.    An institution of higher education shall not require a student to receive a vaccination against COVID-19, or present evidence of such vaccination, as a condition of: enrollment in the institution; attendance of courses taught at the institution; attendance of courses taught at the institution; or participation in any program sponsored by the institution. 

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately. 

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill, which will be known as the "COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Prohibition Act for Higher Education," prohibits an institution of higher education from requiring a student to receive a vaccination against COVID-19, or presenting evidence of such vaccination, as a condition of: enrollment in the institution; or participation in any program sponsored by the institution. 

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