Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2769
School immunization; authorize exemption from requirements for religious beliefs.
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 EXEMPTIONS FROM THE IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS OF SCHOOLS AND LICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITIES WHEN A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OBJECTS TO IMMUNIZATION OF THE CHILD ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE IMMUNIZATION CONFLICTS WITH THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN; TO PROVIDE THAT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST FIRST FURNISH THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL OF THE SCHOOL OR FACILITY AN AFFIDAVIT IN WHICH THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN SWEARS OR AFFIRMS THAT THE IMMUNIZATION REQUIRED CONFLICTS WITH THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN BEFORE A CHILD IS EXEMPTED FROM IMMUNIZATION ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS; TO PROVIDE THAT DURING AN EPIDEMIC OR THREATENED EPIDEMIC OF ANY DISEASE PREVENTABLE BY AN IMMUNIZATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOT BEEN IMMUNIZED MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL UNTIL THEY ARE IMMUNIZED AGAINST THE DISEASE OR THE EPIDEMIC OR THE THREAT NO LONGER CONSTITUTES A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH DANGER; TO PROVIDE THAT, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL ENGAGE IN A MARKETING PROGRAM TO PROVIDE IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH, RESOURCES AND INFORMATION FROM CREDIBLE SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS AND PEER-REVIEWED STUDIES CONCERNING THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF IMMUNIZATIONS AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES; TO AMEND SECTION 43-20-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to January 31, 2023, 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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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.