Legislation Details:

UPDATE: 322/2023 - HB 425 died. The Full House found it Inexpedient to Legislate on 3/22/2023 by voice vote. 

UPDATE: 3/8/2023 - HB 425 was reported from the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee as Inexpedient to Legislate by a vote of 18 Yeas, 2 Nays on 3/8/2023. 

UPDATE: 3/1/2023 - HB 425 was scheduled for a hearing in the Executive Session on Wednesday, 03/08/2023 at 11:00 am in the Legislative Office Building Room 201-203.

UPDATE: 2/8/2023 - HB 425 was scheduled for a hearing in the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee on Thursday, 2/16/2023 at 2:30 pm in the Legislative Office Building Room 201-203. Oral testimony can be given and written testimony can be submitted. On the NH legislative website, scroll down to the "MEETING RESOURCES" section and follow links to submit testimony. You will have to select the Committee and bill from the form.

UPDATE: 1/10/2023 - HB 425 was referred to the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee on 1/10/2023. 

HB 425 was introduced on 1/5/2023 and is sponsored by Representative Timothy Horrigan. The bill would repeal the statute which provides for medical freedom regarding immunizations. The same representative sponsored an identical bill, HB 1481, in the 2022 legislative session.  

On July 23, 2021, a New Hampshire bill providing certain medical freedom protections was signed into law, 141-C:1. This law states that everyone has the right to bodily integrity, and is free from government threat or compulsion to receive an immunization. It also prohibits using COVID-19 immunization as a condition to access state and local government facilities or to receive state and local government services (excluding nursing homes and healthcare providers). In addition, the law established a legislative committee to examine the policy of medical intervention, including immunizations.  

If passed, HB 425 would repeal all of these provisions as of 1/1/2024.

 - text, status, and history for HB 425