Date of enactment:
2023 Assembly Bill 610 Date of publication*:
2023 WISCONSIN ACT
AN ACT to create 252.047 of the statutes; relating to: waivers from immunization requirements at institutions of
higher education.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 252.047 of the statutes is created to read:
252.047 Waiver from immunization requirements
at universities, colleges, and technical colleges. (1) In
this section, “institution of higher education” has the
meaning given in s. 39.395 (1).
(2) If any institution of higher education that receives
public moneys requires any student or prospective stu-
dent to receive an immunization as a condition of attend-
ance, the institution of higher education shall waive the
immunization requirement if the student or prospective
student objects to the immunization for reasons of health,
religion, or personal conviction. No institution of higher
education may require that a student or prospective stu-
dent provide any explanation or justification for the stu-
dent’s or prospective student’s objection to an immuniza-
tion under this section.
(3) At any time an institution of higher education that
receives public moneys informs a student or prospective
student of any immunization requirements of the institu-
tion of higher education, the institution of higher educa-
tion shall inform the student or prospective student in
writing of the student’s or prospective student’s right to
a waiver under this section.
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”