VA HB783 | 2022 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health; religious exception. Exempts a person, including a parent or guardian on behalf of a child, who objects to administration of a vaccine on religious grounds from mandatory immunization requirements during an epidemic. Currently, exemption from mandatory immunization requirements during an epidemic is available only to those persons to whose health the administration of the vaccine would be detrimental, as certified in writing by a licensed physician.

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Title

Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health, religious exception.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2022-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2022-02-15HouseLeft in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-02-01HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 0-N)
2022-01-25HouseAssigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-01-11HouseReferred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-01-11HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102615D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
32148(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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