VA HB5070 | 2020 | 1st Special Session

Virginia House Bill 5070 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on August 18 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-08-25 - Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (13-Y 9-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Public health emergency; immunizations. Eliminates the authority of the Board of Health or Commissioner of Health to require, during an epidemic of a disease of public health importance for which a vaccine exists, that a person receive such vaccine despite the person's objection to the vaccine on the grounds that administration of such immunizing agents conflicts with his religious tenets or practices.

Title

Public health emergency; immunizations.

Roll Calls

2020-08-25 - House - House: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-25	House	Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (13-Y 9-N)
2020-08-18	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-08-18	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200521D

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	800	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	46	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	48	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5070
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5070+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+H12V0018+HB5070