Richard Pan
- Democratic
Author
Existing law prohibits the governing authority of a school or other institution from unconditionally admitting any person as a pupil of any public or private elementary or secondary school, child care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or development center, unless prior to his or her admission to that institution he or she has been fully immunized against various diseases, including measles, mumps, and pertussis, subject to any specific age criteria. Existing law authorizes an exemption from those provisions for medical reasons or because of personal beliefs, if specified forms are submitted to the governing authority. Existing law requires the governing authority of a school or other institution to require documentary proof of each entrant's immunization status. Existing law authorizes the governing authority of a school or other institution to temporarily exclude a child from the school or institution if the authority has good cause to believe that the child has been exposed to one of those diseases, as specified. This bill would eliminate the exemption from existing specified immunization requirements based upon personal beliefs, but would allow exemption from future immunization requirements deemed appropriate by the State Department of Public Health for either medical reasons or personal beliefs. The bill would exempt pupils in a home-based private school and students enrolled in an independent study program and who do not receive classroom-based instruction, pursuant to specified law from the prohibition described above. The bill would allow pupils who, prior to January 1, 2016, have a letter or affidavit on file at a private or public elementary or secondary school, child day care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or development center stating beliefs opposed to immunization, to be enrolled in any private or public elementary or secondary school, child day care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or development center within the state until the pupil enrolls in the next grade span, as defined. Except as under the circumstances described above, on and after July 1, 2016, the bill would prohibit a governing authority from unconditionally admitting to any of those institutions for the first time or admitting or advancing any pupil to the 7th grade level, unless the pupil has been immunized as required by the bill. The bill would specify that its provisions do not prohibit a pupil who qualifies for an individualized education program, pursuant to specified laws, from accessing any special education and related services required by his or her individualized education program. The bill would narrow the authorization for temporary exclusion from a school or other institution to make it applicable only to a child who has been exposed to a specified disease and whose documentary proof of immunization status does not show proof of immunization against one of the diseases described above. The bill would make conforming changes to related provisions.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 35, Statutes of 2015.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:15 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 1661.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 2143.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 6.) (June 9).
Amendments by Senator Moorlach tabled on motion of Senator Monning. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 993.)
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 993.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Amendments by Senator Anderson tabled on motion of Senator Monning. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 993.)
Amendments by Senator Morrell tabled on motion of Senator Monning. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 992.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to second reading.
Withdrawn from committee.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 818.) (April 28).
Set for hearing April 28.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 721.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 22.
April 15 set for first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
Set for hearing April 15.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 544.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on ED.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
Set for hearing April 8.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
(Corrected February 20).
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB277 | HTML |
| 02/19/15 - Introduced | |
| 04/09/15 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/22/15 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/05/15 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/07/15 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/11/15 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/18/15 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/29/15 - Enrolled | |
| 06/30/15 - Chaptered |
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