New Hampshire HB 1811: repealing statutory immunization requirements for children.

Bill Text

HB 1811-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2361

 05/08

HOUSE BILL 1811-FN

AN ACT repealing statutory immunization requirements for children.

SPONSORS: Rep. Drew, Hills. 19; Rep. McGrath, Rock. 40; Rep. Polozov, Merr. 10; Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13; Rep. McFarlane, Graf. 18; Rep. Korzen, Coos 7; Rep. Tom Mannion, Hills. 1; Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 32

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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ANALYSIS

 This bill repeals immunization requirements for children, including requirements regarding religious and medical exemptions, recordkeeping by schools and child care agencies, and rulemaking.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2361

 05/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT repealing statutory immunization requirements for children.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 Statement of Policy and Purpose.

 I. The general court finds that vaccine mandates represent an overreach of governmental authority and are inherently coercive. Mandating that individuals receive any medical intervention without their explicit and informed consent constitutes a violation of fundamental rights and the principles of liberty. Mandates dictating medical choices without consent are unjust and amount to tyranny.

 II. The general court affirms that informed consent is the cornerstone of ethical medical practice. Public health efforts should empower individuals with the knowledge needed to make their own health decisions, including whether to be vaccinated. Mandates destroy the essence of informed consent by stripping away personal agency and the right to make decisions about a citizen’s own health and body. The state of New Hampshire should therefore reject vaccine mandates and instead prioritize transparent, evidence-based education that enables individuals and families to make voluntary, informed choices about their health care.

 2 Communicable Disease; Immunization. Amend RSA 141-C:20-a, I to read as follows:

 141-C:20-a Immunization.

 [I. All parents or legal guardians shall have their children, who are residing in this state, immunized against diphtheria, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, rubeola, tetanus, varicella, Hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib). 

 II. No child shall be admitted or enrolled in any school or child care agency, public or private, unless the following is demonstrated: 

 (a) Immunization under paragraph I; 

 (b) Partial immunization relative to the age of the child as specified in rules adopted by the commissioner; or 

 (c) Exemption under RSA 141-C:20-c. 

 III. Nothing in this section shall require an immunization/vaccination requirement for diseases that are noncommunicable.Noncommunicable disease means a disease that is not infectious or transmissible from person-to-person.] The department of health and human services may recommend vaccinations for public, private, or daycare enrollment or entry. These recommendations shall be construed only as advisory opinions of the department and shall not be used to deny services or access to any person in the state of New Hampshire. The department and any political subdivision of the state of New Hampshire shall not require vaccinations under any circumstance.

 3 Medical Freedom in Immunizations. Amend RSA 141-C:1-a, I to read as follows:

 I. Every person has the natural, essential, and inherent right to bodily integrity, free from any threat or compulsion by government to accept an immunization. Accordingly, no person may be compelled to receive an immunization [for COVID-19] in order to secure, receive, or access any public facility, any public benefit, or any public service from the state of New Hampshire, or any political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities.

 4 Repeal. The following are repealed:

 I. RSA 141-C:1-a, II(b), relative to a reference to vaccination as a prerequisite for admission to school or a child care agency.

 I. RSA 141-C:20-b, relative to records of childhood immunizations.

 II. RSA 141-C:20-c, relative to exemptions from childhood immunization requirements.

 III. RSA 141-C:20-d, relative to an attendance exemption for unvaccinated children during an outbreak of communicable disease.

 IV. RSA 141-C:20-e, relative to immunization reports to the department of health and human services by schools and child care agencies.

 VI. RSA 141-C:6, XIV