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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3775 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2554
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Andres X. Vargas
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to routine childhood immunizations.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Andres X. Vargas3rd Essex1/17/2025Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire2/24/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk3/3/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester3/3/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3775 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2554
By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2554) of
Andres X. Vargas and others relative to routine childhood immunization reports made by
schools. Public Health.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 604 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to routine childhood immunizations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 15 of chapter 76 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition,
2is hereby amended by striking out the third paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following
32 paragraphs:-
4 All schools, whether public, private, or charter, that provide education to children in any
5combination of grade levels from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, shall annually report to the
6department total numbers of children who are successfully immunized in accordance with
7section 15 of chapter 76 and who are exempted from immunization requirements. The
8department shall designate the methodology for reporting. 2 of 2
9 The department shall annually publish and make publicly available aggregate
10immunizations and exemptions data for each school and school district, provided, that publishing
11and making publicly available such data shall not be required if it would result in disclosure of
12personal information as defined in section 1 of chapter 93H or otherwise violate applicable
13privacy laws. The department may also publish data by municipality, county, or other geographic
14designation, or otherwise in its discretion.