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2015 Regular Session

House Bill 130

School attendance; authorize exemptions from vaccinations for medical reasons or conscientious beliefs for.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 12, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-23-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATES OF EXEMPTION FROM VACCINATIONS FOR MEDICAL REASONS OR FOR CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEFS IN ORDER FOR THE CHILD TO ATTEND SCHOOL; TO PROVIDE THAT IN ORDER TO CLAIM AN EXEMPTION FROM A REQUIRED VACCINATION FOR MEDICAL REASONS, THE CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST PRESENT A STATEMENT FROM THE CHILD'S PHYSICIAN STATING THAT THE REQUIRED VACCINE IS MEDICALLY CONTRAINDICATED OR POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE CHILD OR ANY MEMBER OF THE CHILD'S HOUSEHOLD; TO PROVIDE THAT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AN EXEMPTION FROM A REQUIRED VACCINATION FOR CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEFS, THE CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST COMPLETE AN AFFIDAVIT ON AN EXEMPTION FORM PROVIDED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXEMPTION FORM FOR CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEFS MUST CONTAIN A STATEMENT INDICATING THAT THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN UNDERSTANDS THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF VACCINATIONS AND THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF NOT BEING VACCINATED, AND MUST CONTAIN A SECTION WHERE THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN CAN LIST THE SPECIFIC VACCINATION OR VACCINATIONS FOR WHICH THE EXEMPTION APPLIES; TO PROVIDE THAT EXEMPTIONS FROM VACCINATIONS FOR MEDICAL REASONS OR FOR CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEFS WILL BE VALID FOR ONE YEAR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

23 co-sponsors

Angela Cockerham, Chris Brown, Mark Baker, Gary Chism, Lester Carpenter, Ken Morgan, Eugene Forrest Hamilton, Randy P. Boyd, Randy Rushing, Larry Byrd, Jeffrey S. Guice, John L. Moore, Carolyn Crawford, Timmy Ladner, Bill Kinkade, Herb Frierson, Deborah Butler Dixon, Patricia H. Willis, Jeffrey C. Smith, Pat Nelson, Hank Lott, Bobby B. Howell, Andy Gipson

Its course

January 6 to February 12, 2015, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 6 to Feb 12 · stopped37 days

EducationJan 6 to Feb 328 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 6 – Feb 12

  1. Jan 6Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Feb 3Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 12Died on the calendar in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 6Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 12Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives