Bill Text: WV SB615 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibiting mandates for vaccines

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-14 - To Health and Human Resources [SB615 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2023-SB615-Introduced.html

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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 615

By Senator Taylor

[Introduced February 14, 2023; referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-3-4d, relating to prohibiting mandates for vaccines.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

 

ARTICLE 3. PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

§16-3-4d.  Prohibiting mandates for vaccinations.

 

Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, vaccinations for any purpose may not be mandated by any entity defined in §16-1-2 of this code or by any state or local governmental official, entity, department, or agency.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit mandates for vaccinations.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.