State Lawmakers Introduce Legislation To Remove Religious Exemptions For Vaccinations

State lawmakers in Hawaii last month introduced legislation to eliminate religious exemptions for vaccinations required to attend school.

Looks like the gov’t of Hawaii is trying to repeal its religious exemption to vaccination, denying families any semblance of informed consent. Please take a look.https://t.co/ffMx18hl12

— Mary S. Holland, Esq. (@maryhollandnyc) February 5, 2025

“The legislature finds that school entry immunization requirements have been shown to be effective in improving immunization coverage rates.  Based on decades of strong evidence of effectiveness, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Task Force on Community Preventive Services recommended the continued implementation of school immunization requirements as a means of increasing immunization coverage, thereby reducing disease incidence.  When ninety-five per cent of individuals in a community are immunized, those persons serve as a protective barrier against the likelihood of transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases in the community,” Hawaii Senate Bill 1437 reads.

“The legislature further finds that decreasing immunization coverage due to non-medical exemptions increases the risk for vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks that can be fatal to children.  In Hawaii for the 2015–2016 school year, the rate of non-medical immunization exemption was 2.5 per cent.  The rate of non-medical immunization exemption more than doubled to 5.3 per cent for the 2023–2024 school year.  The rate of non-medical exemptions varied by school with fifty-five of the 382 schools that reported for school year 2023-2024 having a non-medical immunization exemption rate greater than ten per cent,” it continues.

“The legislature finds that since the health and safety of Hawaii’s keiki are paramount, the State has a compelling interest in protecting the public against deadly diseases considering an increasing trend in non-medical immunization exemptions, while honoring certain non-medical exemptions that previously have been approved. Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to improve the health and safety of school-aged children by minimizing exemptions from school immunization requirements,” the bill reads.

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Tomorrow the health committee will be hearing Bill# HB1118.

This bill will REMOVE religious exemptions to vaccination for school entry.

Hawaii had no notice. They introduced this bill a week ago and provided 48 hour notice for the meeting set tomorrow.

Fight!!!!!… pic.twitter.com/szVYHRSEmY

— Informed NJ Nurses (@InformedNJNurse) February 7, 2025

The Defender reports:

Democratic state Sen. Ron Kouchi on Jan. 23 introduced Senate Bill 1437 — which has a corresponding House Bill 1118. The bill aims to eliminate all non-medical exemptions as a way to ensure high rates of vaccination coverage.

The House version of the bill will be discussed in a health committee hearing this Friday.

In addition to testifying during the public section of that hearing, several organizations are planning a rally at the legislature on Feb. 20, when legislators are supposed to recess and hear feedback from their constituents.

According to the bill, 95% coverage is necessary to protect against the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases by creating “herd immunity.”

Non-medical exemption rates in Hawaii have grown over the last 10 years from 2.5% in the 2015-2016 school year to 5.3% in the 2023-2024 school year, according to the bill. Rates among individual schools vary, with 55 of 382 reporting schools having exemption rates of over 10%.

If passed, the law would allow children who were granted exemptions in the 2024-2025 school year or prior to maintain their exemptions.

Hawaii’s proposed legislation is a national outlier, as public opinion on exemptions has become more favorable in recent years.

We need your help to stop two terrible bills, Hawaii HB 1118, and its companion SB 1437, which remove the religious exemption for school mandated vaccines by phasing it out.
See NVIC’s Action Alert: https://t.co/8kLDUZkU0h
HB 1118 is scheduled for a hearing in the House Health… pic.twitter.com/XmnS41QM7d

— Dawn Richardson, Director of Advocacy for NVIC (@NVICAdvocacy) February 7, 2025

SB 1437 removes the following language:

“If any parent, custodian, guardian, or any other person in loco parentis to a child objects to immunization in writing on the grounds that the immunization conflicts with that person’s bona fide religious tenets and practices. Upon showing the appropriate school official satisfactory evidence of the exemption, no certificate or other evidence of immunization shall be required for entry into school.”

“Any child attending school who had an approved religious exemption from required immunizations for the 2024-2025 school year shall be permitted to remain exempt while continuing to attend school in Hawaii,” the bill adds.

Hawaii Lawmakers Float Bill to Eliminate Religious Exemptions https://t.co/tEl9IYc0nr

— Children’s Health Defense (@ChildrensHD) February 6, 2025

Read the full text for Hawaii SB 1437 HERE.

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