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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 891
January 23, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
Subeck
,
Roe
,
Madison
,
Stubbs
and
Tenorio
, cosponsored by Senators
Larson
and
Spreitzer
. Referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
AB891,1,2
1
An Act
to amend
49.155 (1m) (br) and 252.04 (3) of the statutes;
relating to:
2
eliminating personal conviction exemption from immunizations.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a student admitted to elementary, middle, junior, or senior high school, a child care center, or a nursery school must, within 30 days of admission, present evidence of having completed the first immunization for each vaccine required for the student’s grade and being on schedule for the remainder of the basic and booster immunization series for mumps, measles, rubella, diphtheria, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, tetanus, and any other diseases the Department of Health Services specifies by rule. This immunization requirement is waived, however, if the student or the student’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian instead submits a written statement to the school, child care center, or nursery school objecting to the immunization for reasons of health, religion, or personal conviction. A school, child care center, or nursery school may exclude a student who does not meet the immunization requirement or does not present a waiver and is required to exclude a student who does not meet the immunization requirement or does not present a waiver if fewer than 99 percent of the students have complied with the immunization requirement or presented a waiver. A court may issue an order directing a student to comply with the immunization requirement or present a waiver by a certain date, and if the student is not in compliance, the court may require an adult student or the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a minor student to pay a forfeiture. This bill eliminates personal conviction as a reason for a waiver of the immunization requirement.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB891,1
1
Section
1
.
49.155 (1m) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB891,2,4
2
49.155
(1m)
(br) The child is immunized as required under s. 252.04.
3
Notwithstanding s. 252.04 (3), for purposes of this paragraph the immunization
4
requirement may only be waived for reasons of health or religion.
AB891,2
5
Section
2
.
252.04 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB891,2,12
6
252.04
(3)
The immunization requirement is waived if the student, if an
7
adult, or the student’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian submits a written
8
statement to the school, child care center, or nursery school objecting to the
9
immunization for reasons of health
,
or
religion
, or personal conviction
. At the time
10
any school, child care center, or nursery school notifies a student, parent, guardian,
11
or legal custodian of the immunization requirements, it shall inform the person in
12
writing of the person’s right to a waiver under this subsection.
AB891,2,13
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