West Virginia Advocacy

Welcome to the National Vaccine Information Center West Virginia 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

There are no active action alerts at this time, but please check back soon.

Bills to Watch

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

State Bill Number Date Position Title Status
WV HB 2754 2023-03-16 OPPOSE Adds pharmacy technicians to those authorized to administer vaccines, lowers age for pharmacy vaccination from 11 to 3, no doctor contact required Sent to the Governor on 3/16/2023

Action: Contact Governor James Justice, ask to VETO
WV HB 2036 2023-02-22 SUPPORT Adds conscientious and personal belief exemptions to vaccines mandated by state employers & boards for employees, for school & college students Died, motion to take from table was rejected by vote of 14 Yeas, 84 Nays on 2/22/2023

Action: NONE
WV SB 615 2023-02-16 SUPPORT Prohibits the health department and state or local government entities from mandating vaccines Introduced and referred to the Senate Health and Human Resources Committee on 2/14/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health and Human Resources Committee Members, your Senator and Representative, ask them to SUPPORT
WV SB 632 2023-02-15 SUPPORT Adds religious and philosophical exemptions to vaccines required for school, prohibits COVID or other experimental vaccine mandates for school Introduced and 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 Delegate, ask them to SUPPORT
WV SB 535 2023-02-05 SUPPORT Enacts medical and religious belief exemptions to vaccines required for school Introduced and referred to the Senate Health and Human Services on 2/1/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health and Human Services Committee Members, your Senator and Delegate, ask them to SUPPORT
WV SB 155/HB 3069 2023-02-01 SUPPORT Requires vaccine injuries be reported to Bureau of Public Health and medical professionals be educated on negative side effects of vaccines Referred to Health & Human Resources Committees on 1/12/2023 and 1/26/2023

Action: Contact House & Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Senator & Delegate, to SUPPORT
WV HB 3184 2023-01-31 SUPPORT Prohibits discrimination based on vaccination status by employers & state agencies, protects privacy of medical information including vaccinations Introduced and referred to the House Health and Human Resources Committee on 1/31/2023

Action: Contact House Health and Human Resources Committee, your Delegate and Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
WV HB 3143 2023-01-30 SUPPORT Adds conscientious and personal belief exemptions to vaccines mandated by state employers & boards for employees, for school & college students Referred to the House Health & Human Services and Judiciary Committees on 1/30/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Delegate and Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
WV HB 2823 2023-01-30 WATCH Adds ideological & religious belief exemptions to vaccines required for school, only religious belief exemption for measles & polio Referred to the House Health and Human Resource and Education Committees on 1/19/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Resource, Education Committee Members, your Delegate and Senator with concerns
WV HB 3116 2023-01-27 SUPPORT Prohibits health care facilities from requiring visitors to provide proof of vaccination Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services Committee on 1/27/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Resources Committee Members, your House Delegate, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
WV HB 2999 2023-01-24 SUPPORT Defines that the decision of a parent, guardian or custodian to not have a child vaccinated is not child abuse Introduced, referred to House Senior, Children, & Family Issues Committee on 1/24/2023

Action: Contact House Senior, Children, & Family Issues Committee Members, your House Delegate, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
WV HB 3000 2023-01-24 SUPPORT Requires all universities to accept vaccine exemptions for religious, medical, or right of conscience for any student attending or living on campus Referred to House Health and Human Resources Committee on 1/24/2023

Action: Contact House Health and Human Resources Committee Members, your Delegate & Senator, ask to support
WV HB 2925 2023-01-23 SUPPORT Prohibits individuals who provide respite care in the family support program from being required to get COVID-19 vaccines Referred to the House Health & Human Services and Judiciary Committees on 1/23/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Services Committee Members, your Delegate and Senator, ask them to SUPPORT
WV SB 255 2023-01-17 SUPPORT Prohibits discrimination for vaccination choice, defines informed consent, & creates penalties for health care violations of these protections Introduced, referred to Senate Health & Human Resources Committee on 1/17/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Resources Committee Members, your Senator, & Representative, ask to SUPPORT
WV HB 2603 2023-01-17 SUPPORT Eliminates mandates for vaccination & masks in K-12 schools, colleges & trade schools, employees & patrons of businesses Referred to the House Health and Human Resources Committee on 1/17/2023

Action: Contact House Health and Human Resources Committee Members, your Delegate & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
WV HB 2558 2023-01-16 WATCH Adds exemption for vaccines required for school if the administration of immunizing agents conflicts with the student's religious tenets or practices Referred to the House Health & Human Services Committee on 1/16/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Resources Committee Members, your House Delegate, & Senator with concerns
WV SB 230 2023-01-16 OPPOSE Removes private & parochial schools from vaccine mandates, affirms public school mandates without religious or conscience exemptions & limited medical Introduced, referred to Senate Health & Human Resources Committee on 1/16/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Human Resources Committee Members, your Senator, & House Delegate, ask to OPPOSE
WV HB 2536 2023-01-13 WATCH Removes authority of health commissioner to issue medical exemptions to vaccines required for school, requires physician to submit to commissioner Referred to the House Health & Human Services Committee on 1/13/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Services Committee Members with concerns
WV HB 2367 2023-01-11 SUPPORT Prohibits vaccine mandates for school & college students, requires employers allow exemptions to employee vaccine mandates & prohibits discrimination Referred to the House Health and Human Resources Committee on 1/11/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Resources Committee Members, your House Delegate, & Senator, ask to support
WV HB 2194 2023-01-11 SUPPORT Removes civil liability protections for employers who mandate vaccination as a condition of employment Introduced, referred to House Workforce Development Committee on 1/11/2023

Action: Contact House Workforce Development Committee Members, your House Delegate, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
WV HB 2217 2023-01-11 SUPPORT Provides equal treatment to persons with natural immunity or antibodies from an infectious disease as those who have been vaccinated Referred to the House Health and Human Resources Committee on 1/11/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Resources Committee Members, your House Delegate, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
WV HB 2497 2023-01-11 SUPPORT Prohibits requiring Covid-19 vaccine or booster shot to attend in person classes at colleges and universities Referred to the House Health and Human Resources Committee on 1/11/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Resources Committee Members, your House Delegate, & Senator, ask to support
WV HB 2376 2023-01-11 SUPPORT Ensures that hospitals do not provide lesser treatment to unvaccinated individuals as opposed to vaccinated individuals. Referred to House Health and Human Resources Committee on 1/11/2023

Action: Contact House Health and Human Resources Committee Members, your House Delegate, & Senator, ask to support
WV HB 2124 2023-01-11 SUPPORT Removes requirement for Hepatitis B vaccine for admission in state-regulated child care centers or schools Referred to the House of Delegates Health and Human Resources Committee on 1/11/2023

Action: Contact Health and Human Services Committee Members, your Delegate & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
WV HB 2046 2023-01-11 SUPPORT Permits physician to grant medical exemptions instead of commissioner, requires exemption process disclosure, eliminates Immunization Officer position Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Resources Committee on 1/11/2023

Action: Contact House Health & Human Resources Committee Members, your House Delegate, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT

Announcements

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