Bill Text: TX HB171 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to immunization requirements for admission to public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-13 - Referred to State Affairs [HB171 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB171-Introduced.html
| By: Toth | H.B. No. 171 | |
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| relating to immunization requirements for admission to public | ||
| schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 38.001(f), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (f) A person who has not received the immunizations required | ||
| by this section for reasons of conscience, including because of the | ||
| person's religious beliefs, may be excluded from school in times of | ||
| emergency or epidemic declared by the commissioner of public | ||
| health, except if the immunization is required for the prevention | ||
| of COVID-19. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
