Bill Text: NJ A4938 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 as condition of attending public K-12 schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-12-05 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee [A4938 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-A4938-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman HAROLD "HAL" J. WIRTHS
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Assemblyman CHRISTOPHER P. DEPHILLIPS
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman McCarthy Patrick and Assemblyman Auth
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 as condition of attending public K-12 schools.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning student immunization requirements 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. In no case shall the Commissioner of Health or any other entity of State government require immunization against SARS-CoV-2 as a condition of attendance at a public primary or secondary school.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits the Commissioner of Health and other State governmental entities from requiring immunization against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as a condition of attendance at a public primary or secondary school.
