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| 1 | 1 | By: Toth H.B. No. 171 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to immunization requirements for admission to public | |
| 7 | 7 | schools. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 38.001(f), Education Code, is amended to | |
| 10 | 10 | read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (f) A person who has not received the immunizations required | |
| 12 | 12 | by this section for reasons of conscience, including because of the | |
| 13 | 13 | person's religious beliefs, may be excluded from school in times of | |
| 14 | 14 | emergency or epidemic declared by the commissioner of public | |
| 15 | 15 | health, except if the immunization is required for the prevention | |
| 16 | 16 | of COVID-19. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 18 | 18 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 19 | 19 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 20 | 20 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | |
| 22 | 22 | legislative session. |