CHAPTER 55
HB 1035 - FINAL VERSION
15Mar2022... 0854h
2022 SESSION
22-2182
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1035
AN ACT relative to exemptions from school vaccine mandates.
SPONSORS: Rep. Lang, Belk. 4; Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill removes the requirement that a parent's request for a religious exemption to immunizations required for school attendance be notarized.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Mar2022... 0854h 22-2182
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to exemptions from school vaccine mandates.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
55:1 Communicable Disease; Immunization Required for School Attendance; Grounds and Procedure for Exemption. Amend RSA 141-C:20-c, II to read as follows:
II. A parent or legal guardian objects to immunization because of religious beliefs. The parent or legal guardian shall sign a [notarized] form stating that the child has not been immunized because of religious beliefs.
55:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 20, 2022
Effective Date: July 19, 2022
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 7, 2022 | House | Hearing |
| March 7, 2022 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| April 6, 2022 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 21, 2022 | Senate | Floor Vote |
May 24, 2022: Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 55; Eff. 07/19/2022
May 13, 2022: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
May 13, 2022: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
April 21, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
April 14, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16
March 29, 2022: Hearing: 04/06/2022, Room 100, SH, 11:40 am; SC 14
March 22, 2022: Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 6
March 15, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0854: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
March 15, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0854: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
March 16, 2022: Amendment # 2022-0854h: AA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
March 9, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0854 (Vote 20-1; CC)
March 1, 2022: Executive Session: 03/08/2022 09:30 am LOB 210-211
Jan. 21, 2022: Public Hearing: 02/07/2022 02:15 pm LOB 210-211
Nov. 2, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
: To Be Introduced and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs