District of Columbia Advocacy

Welcome to the National Vaccine Information Center District of Columbia State Team page. This page, along with the email updates you will receive, will help keep you informed of what you can do in your state to help you protect and expand your rights to informed consent to vaccination.

Note: You must first register as a NVIC Team Member before you can view action alerts, legislation to watch, and announcements.

Action Needed Now

The following table lists the active action alerts for all states.

State Date Action
DC 2023-03-10 OPPOSE B24-0942: Allows Some Minors to Consent to Vaccines & Allows Providers to Vaccinate Minors After Failed Attempt to Obtain Consent

Bills to Watch

The following table lists the active bills of interest for all states.

State Bill Number Date Position Title Status
DC B24-0942 2023-03-10 OPPOSE Allows certain minors to consent to vaccines without parental consent, allows providers to vaccinate minors after attempt to obtain parental consent Law Number L24-0312 was effective from 3/10/2023

Action: None at this time
DC B24-1070 2023-02-23 WATCH Temporary Amendment delaying COVID-19 Vaccine mandate for school students Enacted as Law Number L24-0274, effective from 2/23/2023, expires on 10/6/2023

Action: NONE
DC B24-0921 2022-12-13 OPPOSE Requires DC Health to report to DC Council on numbers of unvaccinated public school students and on efforts to increase vaccine mandate compliance Enacted as Law L24-0921, effective 12/13/2022, expires on 7/26/2023

Action: NONE
DC B24-1069 2022-11-28 WATCH Delays the COVID-19 Vaccine mandate for public, public charter, independent, private & parochial school students until 2023-2024 school year Enacted, Act Number A24-0669, In effect immediately, Expires on Feb 20, 2023

Action: NONE
DC B24-0891 2022-09-21 OPPOSE Allows certain minors to consent to vaccines without parental consent, allows providers to vaccinate minors after attempt to obtain parental consent Enacted, Law L24-0189 effective from 9/21/2022, expires on 5/4/2023

Action: NONE
DC B24-0423 2022-09-12 OPPOSE Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for all public, private and parochial school students, mandates reporting Enacted, Act A24-0285, effective 3/2/2022, S.4818 introduced in US Senate to repeal 9/12/2022

Action: NONE
DC B24-0920 2022-07-27 OPPOSE Requires DC Health to report to DC Council on numbers of unvaccinated public school students and on efforts to increase vaccine mandate compliance Enacted, signed by Mayor on 7/27/2022, expires 10/25/2022

Action: NONE
DC B24-0890 2022-07-25 OPPOSE Allows certain minors to consent to vaccines without parental consent, allows providers to vaccinate minors after attempt to obtain parental consent Enacted, went into effect without Mayor's signature, expires 10/23/2022

Action: NONE
DC PR24-0866 2022-07-12 OPPOSE Emergency resolution to pass B24-0920 after a single reading, a bill requiring DC Health to report on numbers of unvaccinated students to DC Council Approved by Council effective 7/12/2022

Action: None, see B24-0920 and B24-0921
DC PR24-0841 2022-07-12 OPPOSE Emergency resolution to pass B24-0890 the Consent for Vaccinations of Minors Emergency Amendment Act of 2022 after a single reading Approved by Council effective 7/12/2022

Action: None, see B24-0890 and B24-0891

Announcements

There are no announcements available at this time, but please check back soon.