Sponsored by:
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Senator MICHAEL L. TESTA, JR.
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Durr, Holzapfel, Oroho and Pennacchio
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.