Virginia House Bill 2306 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2023 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-16 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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 issued by the Commissioner of Health 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. 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 issued by the Commissioner of Health 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.

Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health, religious tenets or practices, exception.

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]

Del. Dave LaRock [R]

2023-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) (Y: 52 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 4-N) (Y: 5 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-16	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
2023-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-06	House	VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N)
2023-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N)
2023-02-03	House	Printed as engrossed 23103428D-E
2023-02-03	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB2306E
2023-02-03	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2023-02-03	House	Read second time
2023-02-02	House	Read first time
2023-01-31	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N)
2023-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 4-N)
2023-01-19	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2023-01-11	House	Presented and ordered printed 23103428D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	48	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2306
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2306+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2306E+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104476A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB2306AH
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2306F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2306FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1201V0011+HB2306
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H12V0062+HB2306
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1458+HB2306
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0301+HB2306