Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB2 Compare Versions

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	4	+	QVP8554-1
5	5		By Representative Brown
6	6		RFD: Judiciary
7	7		First Read: 04-Feb-25
8	8		PFD: 08-Jul-24
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	14	+	6 QVP8554-1 05/09/2024 GP (L) lg 2024-1803
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16	16		PFD: 08-Jul-24
	17	+	SYNOPSIS:
	18	+	Under existing law, a minor 14 years of age or
	19	+	older may give consent for medical, dental, and mental
	20	+	health services for himself or herself without
	21	+	parental consent.
	22	+	This bill would require the written consent of
	23	+	a parent or a legal guardian for any minor to receive
	24	+	a vaccination, unless the minor is living
	25	+	independently from his or her parent or legal
	26	+	guardian.
17	27		A BILL
18	28		TO BE ENTITLED
19	29		AN ACT
20	30		Relating to vaccines; to amend Section 22-8-4, Code of
21	31		Alabama 1975; to require written consent of a parent or legal
22	32		guardian for any minor to receive a vaccination, with
23	33		exception.
24	34		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
25	35		Section 1. Section 22-8-4, Code of Alabama 1975, is
26	36		amended to read as follows:
27	37		"§22-8-4
28	38		(a) Any minor who is 14 years of age or older, or has
29		-	graduated from high school, or is married, or having been
30		-	married is divorced , or is pregnant may give effective consent
31		-	to any legally authorized medical, dental, health or mental
32		-	health services for himself or herself, and the consent of no
33		-	other person shall be is necessary.
34		-	(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an unemancipated
35		-	minor may not give consent to the administration of a
36		-	vaccination for himself or herself without the written consent
37		-	of a parent or legal guardian. Additionally, an unemancipated
38		-	minor may not give consent to the administration of a
39		-	vaccination for himself or herself unless the minor is: (i)
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	66	+	28 HB2 INTRODUCED
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	68	+	(a) Any minor who is 14 years of age or older, or has
	69	+	graduated from high school, or is married, or having been
	70	+	married is divorced , or is pregnant may give effective consent
	71	+	to any legally authorized medical, dental, health or mental
	72	+	health services for himself or herself, and the consent of no
	73	+	other person shall be is necessary.
	74	+	(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an unemancipated
	75	+	minor may not give consent to the administration of a
	76	+	vaccination for himself or herself without the written consent
	77	+	of a parent or legal guardian. Additionally, an unemancipated
	78	+	minor may not give consent to the administration of a
69	79		vaccination for himself or herself unless the minor is: (i)
70	80		not dependent on a parent or legal guardian for support; or
71	81		(ii) living apart from his or her parents or another
72		-	individual acting in loco parentis. "
	82	+	individual acting in loco parentis; and (iii) managing his or
	83	+	her own affairs. "
73	84		Section 2. This act shall become effective October 1,
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82		-	House of Representatives
83		-	Read for the first time and referred
84		-	to the House of Representatives
85		-	committee on Judiciary
86		-	................04-Feb-25
87		-	Read for the second time and placed
88		-	on the calendar:
89		-	0 amendments
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91		-	Read for the third time and passed
92		-	as amended
93		-	Yeas 92
94		-	Nays 5
95		-	Abstains 4
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97		-	John Treadwell
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