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LD436 • 2025

An Act to Prohibit State Agencies from Promoting the COVID-19 Vaccination to Children

An Act to Prohibit State Agencies from Promoting the COVID-19 Vaccination to Children

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Sponsor
Representative John Eder
Last action
2025-04-15
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED . in concurrence PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 107 Yeas 19 - Nays 15 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act to Prohibit State Agencies from Promoting the COVID-19 Vaccination to Children

An Act to Prohibit State Agencies from Promoting the COVID-19 Vaccination to Children Sponsor: Representative John Eder Reference committee: Health and Human Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Prohibit State Agencies from Promoting the COVID-19 Vaccination to Children Sponsor: Representative John Eder Reference committee: Health and Human Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-15 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED . in concurrence PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 107 Yeas 19 - Nays 15 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-04-10 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 81 (Yeas 79 - Nays 66 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-04-09 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

  4. 2025-04-02 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-04-02 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-02-04 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Prohibit State Agencies from Promoting the COVID-19 Vaccination to Children
Sponsor:
Representative John Eder
Reference committee:
Health and Human Services
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 436
H.P. 290 House of Representatives, February 4, 2025
An Act to Prohibit State Agencies from Promoting the COVID-19
Vaccination to Children
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative EDER of Waterboro.

Page 1 - 132LR0572(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1067 is enacted to read:
3§1067. Prohibition on promoting COVID-19 vaccination to children
4 The department or any other state agency, through any program, including the
5 MaineCare program, may not promote the COVID-19 vaccination through any means,
6 including publicly accessible websites or the distribution of promotional or educational
7 materials, to any individual who has not attained 18 years of age. For purposes of this
8 section, COVID-19 has the same meaning as in Title 24-A, section 4320-P, subsection 1,
9 paragraph A.
10SUMMARY
11 This bill prevents any state agency, through any program including the MaineCare
12 program, from promoting the COVID-19 vaccination to any individual who has not
13 attained 18 years of age.
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