Texas Advocacy

Welcome to the National Vaccine Information Center Texas 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.

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Action Needed Now

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

Bills to Watch

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

State Bill Number Date Position Title Status
TX SB 493/HB 4174 2023-03-24 SUPPORT Requires any state veterans benefits be available to members of the US armed forces with less than honorable discharge for refusing COVID vaccine HB 4174 was referred to House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs on 3/21/2023; SB 493 scheduled for vote in Full Senate 3/27/2023

Action: Contact your Senator and Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
TX HB 4922/SB 334 2023-03-23 OPPOSE Allows emergency medical service providers & first responder organizations to provide preventive health care services, including vaccination HB 4922 referred to House County Affairs Committee on 3/23/2023|SB 334 referred to Senate Local Government Committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate Local Government Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to OPPOSE
TX HB 5027/ SB 29 2023-03-23 WATCH Prohibits governmental entities from requiring COVID-19 vaccines or closing schools or businesses to prevent the spread of COVID-19 SB 29 scheduled for hearing in Senate Committee on State Affairs on 3/20/2023 10 AM|HB 5027 referred to House County Affairs Committee on 3/23

Action: Contact your Representative and Senator with concerns
TX HB 1313/SB 403 2023-03-20 SUPPORT Requires Health & Human Services Commission in collaboration with the Dept. of Health to conduct a study on adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines SB 403 scheduled hearing in Senate Health & Human Services Com 3/22/2023 @8:30; HB 1313 heard in House Public Health Committee 3/20 & left pending

Action: Contact Members of House Public Health Committee & Senate Health/Human Services Committee, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT HB 1313/SB
TX SB 1024 2023-03-20 SUPPORT Prohibits COVID vaccine mandates for school or by local order or ordinance & discrimination by employers based on COVID vaccination status Scheduled for hearing in Senate Committee on Health & Human Services, Wednesday, 3/22/2023, at 8:30 AM, in Senate Chamber

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Senator, & Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
TX HB 44/SB 303 2023-03-20 SUPPORT Prohibits Medicaid and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) providers from refusing to provide care to a participant based on vaccination status HB 44 was heard in the House Public Health Committee on 3/20/2023 and was left pending in committee

Action: Contact House Public Health Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT HB 44/SB 303
TX HB 518/SB 77/HB 4001 2023-03-20 OPPOSE Allows child care facilities to provide notice on the percentage of children and employees who are vaccinated HB 518 Filed on 11/14/2022, SB 77 referred to Senate Health & Human Services 2/5/2023, HB 4001 referred House Human Services Committee 3/20/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, House Human Services Committee Members, your Senator, & Representative, & ask them to OPPOSE
TX SB 265 2023-03-20 WATCH Requires physicians report adverse events & potential vaccine related injuries from emergency use/experimental vaccines to VAERS, establishes penalty Scheduled for hearing in Senate Committee on Health & Human Services on Wednesday, 3/22/2023, at 8:30 AM, in Senate Chamber

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Senator, & Representative with concerns
TX HB 81/SB 177 2023-03-20 SUPPORT Prohibits any person from compelling or coercing an individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, requires informed consent SB 177 hearing Senate Health & Human Services Comm 3/22/2023, 8:30AM, HB 81 hearing held 3/20/2023 and was left pending in committee,

Action: Contact Members of House Public Health Committee & Senate Health/Human Services Committee, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT HB 81/SB 177
TX SB 1753 2023-03-20 WATCH Prohibits governmental entities from requiring COVID-19 vaccines with exceptions Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee on 3/20/2023

Action: Contact Senate State Affairs Committee Members, your Senator, & Representative with concerns
TX HB 3721 2023-03-20 OPPOSE Allows state owned/operated healthcare facilities to mandate COVID vaccines for employees, prohibits COVID vaccine mandates in state agencies/schools Referred to the House State Affairs Committee on 3/20/2023

Action: Contact House State Affairs Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to OPPOSE
TX HB 3475 2023-03-16 OPPOSE Allows COVID-19 vaccine mandates, exemptions are denied for healthcare facilities with immunocompromised & medically fragile individuals Referred to House State Affairs Committee on 3/16/2023

Action: Contact House State Affairs Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to OPPOSE
TX HB 609 2023-03-15 SUPPORT Protects businesses from liability for injuries and deaths from pandemic diseases when the business doesn't require employee vaccination Passed the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee on 3/15/2023 by vote of 5 Yes, 4 No.

Action: Contact your Representative & Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
TX HB 3151 2023-03-15 SUPPORT Prohibits a health care provider from refusing to provide care based on an individual's vaccination status Referred to House Public Health Committee on 3/15/2023

Action: Contact House Public Health CommitteeMembers, your Representative, and Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
TX HJR 114 2023-03-13 SUPPORT Allows electors of the State of Texas to vote on a constitutional amendment recognizing the right of an individual to refuse a vaccination Referred to House State Affairs Committee on 3/13/2023

Action: Contact House State Affairs Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TX HB 5129 2023-03-10 OPPOSE Authorizes pharmacy technicians to administer vaccines to adults & children as young as 7 years old Introduced on 3/10/2023

Action: Contact your Representative & Senator, ask to OPPOSE
TX SB 1025 2023-03-03 SUPPORT Prohibits dept and commissioner from adding new vaccines for schools, expands prohibition on vaccine passports, requires dept track adverse events Referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee on 3/3/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Senator, & Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
TX SB 1026 2023-03-03 SUPPORT Prohibits state government, courts of law, political subdivisions, schools, employers, labor orgs, employment agencies from requiring COVID-19 vaccine Referred to the Senate State Affairs Committee on 3/3/2023

Action: Contact Senate State Affairs Committee Members, your Senator, & Representative, ask to SUPPORT
TX HB 1419 2023-03-03 SUPPORT Removes emergency exception to college meningitis vaccine mandate exemptions Referred to the House Higher Education Committee on 3/3/2023

Action: Contact House Higher Education Committee Members, your Representative & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TX HB 807 2023-03-02 SUPPORT Removes authority of Health & Human Services Executive Director to require additional vaccines for school, gives that authority to the legislature Referred to House Public Health Committee on 3/2/2023

Action: Contact House Public Health Committee Members, your Representative, and Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
TX HB 1105/SB 749 2023-03-02 OPPOSE Allows pharmacist to order and administer vaccines to children over 3 and vaccinate children under 3 with physician referral HB 1105 referred to House Public Health Committee on 3/2/2023| SB 749 referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee on 3/12023

Action: Contact House and Senate Public Health Committee Members, your Representative, and Senator, ask them to OPPOSE
TX HJR 58 2023-02-28 SUPPORT Allows electors of the State of Texas to vote on a constitutional amendment affirming parental rights including directing children's medical care Referred to the House State Affairs Committee on 2/28/2023

Action: Contact House State Affairs Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TX SJR 66 2023-02-24 SUPPORT Places Constitutional Amendment on the Nov.7, 2023 ballot establishing Right to Refuse Medical Treatment & Access to Public Accommodations Filed on 2/24/2023

Action: Contact your Senator and Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
TX SB 1177 2023-02-24 SUPPORT Removes authority of health dept. to develop vaccine requirements, allows commissioner to recommend to the legislature additional vaccines Filed on 2/23/2023

Action: Contact your Senator and Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
TX SB 626 2023-02-17 SUPPORT Requires the department provide vaccine exemption affidavit forms electronically, prohibits denying admission if affidavit request has been made Referred to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on 2/17/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health and Human Services Committee Members, your Senator, & Representative, ask to SUPPORT
TX SB 641 2023-02-17 OPPOSE Requires school students to be fully immunized against bacterial meningitis, per the CDC recommendations which includes vaccines and a booster dose Referred to the Senate Health & Human Services Committee on 2/17/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Senator, & Representative, ask to OPPOSE
TX SB 309 2023-02-15 WATCH Requires the department post information on preventative measures & treatments for COVID, including the benefits & risks associated with vaccination Referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator with concerns
TX SB 298 2023-02-15 SUPPORT Requires VIS & excipient information be given to consenting adult, provides for liability by expanding current law on informed consent to vaccination Referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TX SB 304 2023-02-15 SUPPORT Prohibits vaccine mandates and discrimination based on vaccination or immunity status, provides for penalties Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate State Affairs Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TX SB 302 2023-02-15 SUPPORT Establishes civil liability to employers for damages if an employee suffers an adverse health event from a vaccine requirement imposed by the employer Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate State Affairs Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TX SB 305 2023-02-15 SUPPORT Requires certain information be given before vaccination, protects practitioners who write medical exemptions & requires acceptance of the exemption Referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TX HB 172/SB 342 2023-02-15 OPPOSE Eliminates current law that requires written consent before information can be put into and kept in the vaccine tracking system SB 342 referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee on 2/15/2023 | HB 172 filed on 11/14/2022

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to OPPOSE SB 342/HB 172
TX SB 77 2023-02-15 OPPOSE Allows child care facilities to provide notice on the percentage of children who are vaccinated Referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to OPPOSE
TX SB 314 2023-02-15 SUPPORT Requires labeling of certain products, including vaccines, that contain or are derived from aborted human fetal tissue Referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TX SB 308 2023-02-15 SUPPORT Prohibits vaccine mandates and discrimination based on COVID-19 vaccination or immunity status, provides for penalties Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate State Affairs Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TX SB 307 2023-02-15 SUPPORT Prohibits a state agency or political subdivision from enforcing a federally declared public health emergency, creates penalties and enforcement means Referred to the Senate State Affairs committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate State Affairs Committee Members, your Senator, & your Representative, ask to SUPPORT
TX SB 394 2023-02-15 SUPPORT Requires schools to provide parents all written & electronic records, requires written consent before administering health surveys, or recordings Referred to the Senate Education Committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate Education Committee Members, your Senator, & Representative, ask to SUPPORT
TX HB 306 2023-02-15 SUPPORT Provides protections for individuals subject to quarantine & isolation, protects the right of individuals & parents to make medical decisions Referred to the Senate Health and Human Committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health and Human Services Committee Members, your Senator & Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
TX SB 390 2023-02-15 SUPPORT Repeals current law that allows students who have an exemption to vaccines required for school to be excluded during an emergency or epidemic Referred to Senate Education Committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate Education Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TX SB 297 2023-02-15 SUPPORT Requires hospitals to adopt, implement and enforce a written policy to ensure the rights of patients to refuse care Referred to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on 2/15/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health and Human Services Committee Members, your Senator and Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
TX HB 280 2022-11-14 SUPPORT Requires vaccine adverse events be reported to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Filed on 11/14/2022

Action: Contact your Representative and Senator and ask them to support HB 280 with improvements
TX HB 989/SB 2241 2022-03-24 OPPOSE Requires the health department to develop a plan for preventing human papillomavirus (HPV) among college students HB 989 scheduled for hearing in House Higher Education Committee on 3/27/2023 @ 10AM | SB 2241 referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee

Action: Contact House Higher Education & Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask them to OPPOSE
TX HB 1015 2022-03-02 OPPOSE Prohibits businesses that require their customers, employees, vendors, or contractors be vaccinated against COVID-19 from receiving state grant money Referred to the House State Affairs Committee on 3/2/2023

Action: Contact House State Affairs Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to OPPOSE
TX HB 1032 2022-03-02 SUPPORT Prohibits COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employment including health care facilities, insurance, education including higher ed., and childcare Referred to the House State Affairs Committee on 3/2/2023

Action: Contact House State Affairs Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TX HB 777 2022-02-28 SUPPORT Prohibits a school district or open-enrollment charter from requiring COVID-19 vaccination status documentation Referred to the House Public Education Committee on 2/28/2023

Action: Contact House Public Education Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT

Announcements

The following table lists postings about events, initiatives, people, and pretty much anything related to protecting and expanding your rights!