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HB2
NLNX888-2
By Representative Brown
RFD: Judiciary
First Read: 04-Feb-25
PFD: 08-Jul-24
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PFD: 08-Jul-24
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to vaccines; to amend Section 22-8-4, Code of
Alabama 1975; to require written consent of a parent or legal
guardian for any minor to receive a vaccination, with
exception.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 22-8-4, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง22-8-4
(a) Any minor who is 14 years of age or older, or has
graduated from high school, or is married, or having been
married is divorced , or is pregnant may give effective consent
to any legally authorized medical, dental, health or mental
health services for himself or herself, and the consent of no
other person shall be is necessary.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an unemancipated
minor may not give consent to the administration of a
vaccination for himself or herself without the written consent
of a parent or legal guardian. Additionally, an unemancipated
minor may not give consent to the administration of a
vaccination for himself or herself unless the minor is: (i)
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vaccination for himself or herself unless the minor is: (i)
not dependent on a parent or legal guardian for support; or
(ii) living apart from his or her parents or another
individual acting in loco parentis. "
Section 2. This act shall become effective October 1,
2025.
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2025.
House of Representatives
Read for the first time and referred
to the House of Representatives
committee on Judiciary
................04-Feb-25
Read for the second time and placed
on the calendar:
0 amendments
................05-Feb-25
Read for the third time and passed
as amended
Yeas 92
Nays 5
Abstains 4
................11-Feb-25
John Treadwell
Clerk
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