CHAPTER 137
HB 362 - FINAL VERSION
9Mar2017... 0638h
20Apr2017... 1551-EBA
2017 SESSION
17-0425
01/06
HOUSE BILL 362
AN ACT prohibiting certain immunization requirements for noncommunicable diseases.
SPONSORS: Rep. Fraser, Belk. 1; Rep. Gould, Hills. 7; Rep. Murphy, Hills. 7; Rep. W. Marsh, Carr. 8; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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This bill declares that immunization/vaccine requirements shall not be required for diseases that are noncommunicable.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
9Mar2017... 0638h
20Apr2017... 1551-EBA 17-0425
01/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT prohibiting certain immunization requirements for noncommunicable diseases.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
137:1 New Paragraph; Communicable Disease; Child Immunization. Amend RSA 141-C:20-a by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. Nothing in this section shall require an immunization/vaccination requirement for diseases that are noncommunicable. Noncommunicable disease means a disease that is not infectious or transmissible from person-to-person.
137:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 16, 2017
Effective Date: August 15, 2017
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 24, 2017 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 23, 2017 | House | Exec Session |
| March 8, 2017 | House | Floor Vote |
| April 6, 2017 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 20, 2017 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| Date | Status | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 5, 2017 | Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 3 P. 10 | |
| Jan. 24, 2017 | Public Hearing: 01/24/2017 11:00 AM LOB 205 | |
| Feb. 28, 2017 | ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 02/28/2017 09:00 AM LOB 205 | |
| Feb. 23, 2017 | ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 02/23/2017 LOB 205 | |
| March 8, 2017 | Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0638h for 03/08/2017 (Vote 20-1; CC) HC 14 P. 15 | |
| March 8, 2017 | Removed from Consent (Rep. W. Marsh) 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 7 | |
| March 9, 2017 | Amendment # 2017-0638h: AA VV 03/09/2017 HJ 10 P. 66 | |
| March 9, 2017 | FLAM # 2017-0721h (Rep. W. Marsh): AF VV 03/09/2017 HJ 10 P. 66 | |
| March 9, 2017 | Ought to Pass with Amendment 0638h: MA VV 03/09/2017 HJ 10 P. 66 | |
| March 9, 2017 | Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 9 | |
| April 6, 2017 | Hearing: 04/06/2017, Room 101, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 17 | |
| April 20, 2017 | Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/20/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 | |
| April 20, 2017 | Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/20/2017; SJ 14 | |
| April 27, 2017 | Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1551e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/27/2017); SJ 16 | |
| April 20, 2017 | Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1551e: AA VV 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 26 | |
| May 11, 2017 | Enrolled (In recess 05/11/2017); SJ 17 | |
| May 4, 2017 | Enrolled 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 48 | |
| June 16, 2017 | Signed by Governor Sununu 06/16/2017; Chapter 137; Eff. 8/15/2017 |