Requires written informed consent for vaccination, reporting adverse events to VAERS, & prohibits minor consent, health care provider retaliation

State: MN
Bill Number: SF 2278
Position: SUPPORT
Action Required: None at this time
Status: SF 2278 failed to be scheduled for committee hearing in chamber of origin before session adjourned on 5/22/2023; carryover to 2024

Legislation Details:

UPDATE: 5/22/2023 - SF 2278 failed to be scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee before the session adjourned on 5/22/2023. In MN, bills introduced in the first year of the regular session convening in odd-numbered years remain actionable throughout the second year of the regular session convening in even-numbered years. Legislative rules automatically relocate bills caught at certain points in the legislative process when the legislature adjourns for the long interim recess at the end of the first year of the regular session. Bills located in committee of either chamber at the time of adjournment are generally left undisturbed. Committee action on a bill is possible during the interim providing the committee has possession of the bill. However, this is rare because the action cannot be completed until the session reconvenes and the committee can report the bill. 

SF 2278 was introduced and referred to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on 3/1/2023. It is sponsored by Senator Eric Lucero

SF 2278 requires written informed consent for vaccination and reporting of adverse events to VAERS, and prohibits minor consent and health care provider retaliation

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2278&ssn=0&y=2023 - text, status, and history of SF 2278