HB 1449  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2787

12/07

 

HOUSE BILL 1449

 

AN ACT limiting times vaccine clinics may operate at schools and requiring parents or legal guardians to be present with their child during the administration of vaccinations at such a clinic.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. McGrath, Rock. 40; Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3; Rep. DeVito, Rock. 8; Rep. Litchfield, Rock. 32; Rep. McFarlane, Graf. 18; Rep. Morton, Hills. 39; Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. Sabourin dit Choiniere, Rock. 30; Rep. Terry, Belk. 7

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------

 

ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits the operation of a vaccination clinic at schools during school hours and requires the parent or legal guardian of a child be present during the administration of any vaccination to their child at such a clinic.

 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2787

12/07

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT limiting times vaccine clinics may operate at schools and requiring parents or legal guardians to be present with their child during the administration of vaccinations at such a clinic.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Section; School Vaccination Clinics; Parent or Legal Guardian Required.  Amend RSA 200 by inserting after section 27-a the following new section:  

200:27-b  School Vaccination Clinics; Parent or Legal Guardian Required.

I.  No public elementary or secondary school or chartered public school shall conduct a vaccination clinic at any time during school hours.  

II.  A parent or guardian of a child shall be required to accompany and be present with their child in order for a child to be immunized at a vaccination clinic held in a public elementary or secondary school or chartered public school.  

III.  Nothing in this section shall effect the duties of school nurses as described in RSA 200:38, I(a).   

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.  

• HB1449 at GenCourtMobile
• Compare Changes

Bill Text Revisions

HB1449 Revision: 49821 Date: Dec. 4, 2025, 9:20 a.m.

Docket

---

Dec. 4, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

---