Bill Text: NJ S4002 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Protects children from certain mandatory vaccinations as a condition of school attendance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-06-26 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee [S4002 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-S4002-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 4002

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 26, 2023

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  DECLAN J. O'SCANLON, JR.

District 13 (Monmouth)

Senator  ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Somerset)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Corrado

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Protects children from certain mandatory vaccinations as a condition of school attendance.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning mandatory vaccinations for children 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. a. In no case shall the Commissioner of Health, the Governor, or any other entity of State, county, or municipal government require a child to be immunized against COVID-19 or the human papillomavirus, as a condition of attendance at a public primary or secondary school, or for any other reason.

     b. In no case shall the Commissioner of Health, the Governor, or any other entity of State, county, or municipal government cause or require a public primary or secondary school to conduct an inquiry into whether a child is immunized against COVID-19 or the human papillomavirus.

 

     2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill protects children from certain mandatory vaccinations as a condition of school attendance.

     The bill provides that, in no case, is the Commissioner of Health, the Governor, or any other entity of State, county, or municipal government to require a child to be immunized against COVID-19 or the human papillomavirus (HPV) as a condition of attendance at a public primary or secondary school.

     Further, the bill provides that, in no case, is the Commissioner of Health, the Governor, or any other entity of State, county, or municipal government to cause or to require a public primary or secondary school to conduct an inquiry into whether a child is immunized against COVID-19 or HPV.