Bill Text: NJ A774 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits government entity or school from requiring influenza vaccinations for persons who are 18 years of age or younger.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-11 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee [A774 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-A774-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman GERRY SCHARFENBERGER
District 13 (Monmouth)
Assemblyman ROBERT AUTH
District 39 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Catalano, McGuckin, Rooney and Peterson
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits government entity or school from requiring influenza vaccinations for persons who are 18 years of age or younger.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning influenza vaccinations and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any law, order, rule, or regulation to the contrary, no State, county, or local government employee, entity, or elected official, and no private or public school shall directly or indirectly require an individual who is 18 years of age or younger to undergo the administration of an influenza vaccine or any other injection, medication, or procedure that is designed to provide immunity from influenza.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits a government entity or school from requiring influenza vaccinations for persons who are 18 years of age or younger.
Under the bill, no State, county, or local government employee, entity, or elected official, and no private or public school is to directly or indirectly require an individual who is 18 years of age or younger to undergo the administration of an influenza vaccine or any other injection, medication, or procedure that is designed to provide immunity from influenza.
