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2016 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2722

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

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 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 REVISE THE AUTHORITY FOR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATES OF EXEMPTION FROM VACCINATIONS FOR MEDICAL REASONS 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 CERTIFICATE FROM THE CHILD'S PHYSICIAN STATING THAT THE REQUIRED VACCINE IS MEDICALLY CONTRAINDICATED OR POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO OR WOULD BE INJURIOUS TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE CHILD OR ANY MEMBER OF THE CHILD'S HOUSEHOLD; TO PROVIDE THAT EXEMPTIONS FROM VACCINATIONS FOR MEDICAL REASONS WILL BE VALID FOR ONE YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT THE OPINION OF THE PHYSICIAN WHO SIGNED THE CERTIFICATE IS FINAL AND THE SCHOOL TO WHICH THE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED MUST ACCEPT THE CERTIFICATE; 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 Senate

Its course

February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days

EducationFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 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 Senate Feb 8 – Feb 23

  1. Feb 8Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Feb 23Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Education;Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Feb 23Died In CommitteeSenate