VA HB665 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Health and Human Services
Pending: House Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health; religious exception. Exempts a person, including a parent or guardian on behalf of a child, who objects to administration of a vaccine on religious grounds from mandatory immunization requirements issued by the Commissioner of Health during an epidemic. Currently, exemption from mandatory immunization requirements during an epidemic is available only to those persons to whose health the administration of a vaccine would be detrimental, as certified in writing by a licensed physician.

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Title

Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health, religious tenets or practices, exception.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N) (Y: 3 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-13HouseLeft in Health and Human Services
2024-01-30HouseSubcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N)
2024-01-17HouseAssigned sub: Health
2024-01-09HouseReferred to Committee on Health and Human Services
2024-01-09HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100651D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
32148(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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