HB 679 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0440
05/11
HOUSE BILL 679
AN ACT relative to immunization requirements.
SPONSORS: Rep. Potenza, Straf. 19; Rep. Belcher, Carr. 4; Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 32; Rep. Polozov, Merr. 10; Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13; Rep. Drago, Rock. 4; Rep. Terry, Belk. 7; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that no childhood immunization requirement shall require a vaccine that has not been shown in clinical trials to prevent transmission of any disease.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0440
05/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to immunization requirements.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Childhood Immunization Requirements. Amend RSA 141-C:20-a by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. Nothing in this section shall require a vaccine that has not been shown in clinical trials to prevent transmission of any disease.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| March 19, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| March 19, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
| April 9, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 9, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
April 3, 2025: ==ROOM CHANGE== Hearing: 04/09/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 16
April 2, 2025: Hearing: 04/09/2025, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 16
March 28, 2025: Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 10
March 27, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA RC 204-165 03/27/2025 HJ 11
March 19, 2025: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
March 19, 2025: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/19/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 17 P. 59
March 13, 2025: Executive Session: 03/19/2025 09:30 am LOB 201
March 5, 2025: Public Hearing: 03/12/2025 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
Jan. 21, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 3 P. 22