HLS 22RS-219 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 1
BY REPRESENTATIVE IVEY
VACCINES/VACCINATION: Suspends provisions of law authorizing the exclusion of
unimmunized persons from in-person attendance at schools and day care centers
under certain circumstances
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To suspend until sixty days after final adjournment of the 2023 Regular Session of the
3 Legislature of Louisiana the provisions of R.S. 17:170(F), relative to immunizations
4 of persons entering certain educational institutions during an outbreak of a
5 communicable disease.
6 WHEREAS, the Constitution of Louisiana charges the legislature with providing for
7the education of the people of the state and establishing and maintaining a public educational
8system; and
9 WHEREAS, the constitution further provides that it is the goal of the public
10educational system that every individual may be afforded an equal opportunity to develop
11to his full potential; and
12 WHEREAS, since March 2020, fundamental shifts have occurred to the way
13Louisiana's students have experienced education; in order to prevent more disturbances to
14in-person schooling and fulfill these constitutional requirements, the provisions of R.S.
1517:170(F) should be suspended; a suspension would allow, in the event of an outbreak of a
16communicable disease, individuals not vaccinated to attend early childhood care and
17education centers, and public elementary and secondary schools.
18 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana hereby suspends
19the provisions of R.S. 17:170(F), relative to immunizations of persons entering certain
20educational institutions during an outbreak of a communicable disease.
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this suspension shall become effective upon
2adoption of this Resolution and shall extend through the sixtieth day after final adjournment
3of the 2023 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 1 Original 2022 Regular Session Ivey
Suspends (until 60 days after the final adjournment of the 2023 R.S.) the provisions of R.S.
17:170(F), relative to immunizations of persons entering certain educational institutions
during an outbreak of a communicable disease.
(Suspends R.S. 17:170(F))
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