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 2023-05-01 OPPOSE Adds pharmacy technicians to those authorized to administer vaccines, lowers age for pharmacy vaccination from 11 to 3, no doctor contact required Status: ENACTED, signed by the Governor on 3/23/2023, Effective from passage 3/7/2023, Chapter 234

Action: NONE
WV SB 632 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Adds religious and philosophical exemptions to vaccines required for school, prohibits COVID or other experimental vaccine mandates for school Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Health & Human Services Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV SJR 9 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Proposed an amendment to the WV Constitution, granting the right to refuse any treatment, injection, device, vaccine, or prophylactic Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Judiciary Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 2558 2023-03-11 WATCH Adds exemption for vaccines required for school if the administration of immunizing agents conflicts with the student's religious tenets or practices Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health & Human Services Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 2603 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Eliminates mandates for vaccination & masks in K-12 schools, colleges & trade schools, employees & patrons of businesses Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health and Human Resources Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 2194 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Removes civil liability protections for employers who mandate vaccination as a condition of employment Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for a hearing in House Workforce Development Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 2367 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Prohibits vaccine mandates for school & college students, requires employers allow exemptions to employee vaccine mandates & prohibits discrimination Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health and Human Resources Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 2217 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Provides equal treatment to persons with natural immunity or antibodies from an infectious disease as those who have been vaccinated Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health and Human Resources Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 2376 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Ensures that hospitals do not provide lesser treatment to unvaccinated individuals as opposed to vaccinated individuals. Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for a hearing in House Health and Human Resources Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 2497 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Prohibits requiring Covid-19 vaccine or booster shot to attend in person classes at colleges and universities Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health and Human Resources Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 3000 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Requires all universities to accept vaccine exemptions for religious, medical, or right of conscience for any student attending or living on campus Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for a hearing in House Health and Human Resources Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV SB 615 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Prohibits the health department and state or local government entities from mandating vaccines Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Health and Human Resources Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 3184 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Prohibits discrimination based on vaccination status by employers & state agencies, protects privacy of medical information including vaccinations Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health & Human Resources Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 2925 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Prohibits individuals who provide respite care in the family support program from being required to get COVID-19 vaccines Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearings in House Health & Human Services and Judiciary Committees, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 2124 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Removes requirement for Hepatitis B vaccine for admission in state-regulated child care centers or schools Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health & Human Resources Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 2536 2023-03-11 WATCH Removes authority of health commissioner to issue medical exemptions to vaccines required for school, requires physician to submit to commissioner Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health & Human Services Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 3143 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Adds conscientious and personal belief exemptions to vaccines mandated by state employers & boards for employees, for school & college students Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health & Human Services, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 2046 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Permits physician to grant medical exemptions instead of commissioner, requires exemption process disclosure, eliminates Immunization Officer position Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health & Human Resources Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV SB 255 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Prohibits discrimination for vaccination choice, defines informed consent, & creates penalties for health care violations of these protections Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Health & Human Resources Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV SB 230 2023-03-11 OPPOSE Removes private & parochial schools from vaccine mandates, affirms public school mandates without religious or conscience exemptions & limited medical Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Health & Human Resources Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HJR 25 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Proposed an amendment to the WV Constitution, granting the right to refuse any treatment, injection, device, vaccine, or prophylactic Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health & Human Resources Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV SB 535 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Enacts medical and religious belief exemptions to vaccines required for school Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in Senate Health & Human Services Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 2999 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Defines that the decision of a parent, guardian or custodian to not have a child vaccinated is not child abuse Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Senior, Children, & Family Issues Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 3116 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Prohibits health care facilities from requiring visitors to provide proof of vaccination Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health & Human Services Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 3069/SB 155 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Requires vaccine injuries be reported to Bureau of Public Health and medical professionals be educated on negative side effects of vaccines Status: Died, HB 3069 & SB 155 failed to be scheduled for hearings in House & Senate Health & Human Resources Committees, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 2823 2023-03-11 WATCH Adds ideological & religious belief exemptions to vaccines required for school, only religious belief exemption for measles & polio Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearings in House Health & Human Resource and Education Committees, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
WV HB 3144 2023-03-11 SUPPORT Prohibits requirements for any child entering a public school to have received any immunizations or vaccinations Status: Died, failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Education Committee, session ended 3/11/2023

Action: NONE
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 Status: Died, motion to take from table was rejected by vote of 14 Yeas, 84 Nays on 2/22/2023

Action: NONE

Announcements

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