SB 288 288 - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2969

10/08

SENATE BILL 288

AN ACT prohibiting the requiring of COVID-19 vaccinations for schools or child care agencies.

SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Hill, Merr. 3; Rep. Homola, Hills. 27; Rep. Ammon, Hills. 40

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

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ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the requiring of an immunization for COVID 19 for a child admitted or enrolled in any school or child care agency.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2969

10/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT prohibiting the requiring of COVID-19 vaccinations for schools or child care agencies.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1  Medical Freedom in Immunizations; Exception; School or Child Care.  RSA 141-C:1-a, II(b) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

(b)  Supersede the requirement for vaccination as a prerequisite for admission to a school or child care agency pursuant to RSA 141-C:20-a for any diseases other than novel COVID 19 and its variants.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.