HB0123 • 2024

Mandatory immunizations-repeal.

AN ACT relating to public health; repealing mandatory immunizations for children attending child caring facilities; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Children

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Representative Haroldson
Last action: 2024-02-16
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2024

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included details about conforming amendments and the effective date that are not supported by the official source material. The bill summary text is also not provided in the official source material.

Repealing Mandatory Immunizations for Children

The bill aims to remove the requirement that children must be vaccinated before they can attend child care facilities.

What This Bill Does

Removes the rule that requires children to get certain vaccines before they can go to child care centers.

Who It Names or Affects

Children who need to attend child care facilities
Parents of children attending child care centers

Terms To Know

Child caring facilities: Places where kids are taken care of, like daycares or preschools.
Immunizations: Vaccines that help protect people from getting sick.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and was not considered for introduction in the House.
It is unclear how many children or families will be affected by this change if it were to become law.
The effective date of July 1, 2024, mentioned in the candidate explanation does not align with the official text.

Bill History

2024-02-16 House
H Did not Consider for Introduction
2024-02-09 House
H Received for Introduction
2024-02-07 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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24LSO-0445
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0445
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0123

Mandatory immunizations-repeal.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Haroldson, Allemand, Angelos, Bear, Hornok, Jennings, Locke, Neiman, Penn, Singh, Strock and Styvar and Senator(s) Ide

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to public health; repealing mandatory immunizations for children attending child caring facilities; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 7
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19
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201(a)(i), 14
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2
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308(a)(ii)(B) and 35
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4
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113(a) are amended to read:

7
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19
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201.

State or national criminal history record information.

(a)

The following persons shall be required to submit to fingerprinting in order to obtain state and national criminal history record information:

(i)

Employees of substitute care providers certified by the department of family services pursuant to W.S. 14
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4
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101 through
14
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4
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116
14
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4
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115
;

14
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2
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308.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(ii)

"Authorized agency" means:

(B)

A private child welfare agency certified by the state for such purposes pursuant to W.S. 1
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22
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101 through 1
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22
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114, 14-4-101 through
14
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4
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115,
14
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4
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117 or 14-6-201 through 14-6-243;

35
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4
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113.

Treatment when consent is not available; quarantine.

(a)

Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section
, W.S. 14
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4
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116
and
W.S.
21
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4
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309, the state health officer shall not subject any person to any vaccination or medical treatment without the consent of the person.

Section 2.

W.S. 14
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4
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116 is repealed.

Section 3
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Any mandatory immunization requirements for children attending child caring facilities shall be valid before July 1, 2024.

Section 4
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
.

(END)

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