HB 1099 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2422
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1099
SPONSORS: Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Rep. Littlefield, Belk. 3; Rep. Andrus, Merr. 1; Rep. J. Smith, Carr. 5; Rep. True, Rock. 4; Rep. Green, Rock. 13; Rep. Blasek, Hills. 21
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that the department of health and human services shall not require a vaccine passport for services.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2422
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Communicable Disease; Medical Freedom in Immunizations; Vaccine Passports Prohibited. Amend RSA 141-C:1-a, I to read as follows:
I. Every person has the natural, essential, and inherent right to bodily integrity, free from any threat or compulsion by government to accept an immunization. Accordingly, no person may be compelled to receive an immunization for COVID-19 in order to secure, receive, or access any public facility, any public benefit, or any public service from the state of New Hampshire, or any political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities. The department of health and human service shall not require a vaccine passport as a condition of eligibility for or access to department programs, benefits, or services. In this section, "vaccine passport" means standardized documentation that an individual has been vaccinated against COVID-19.
2 Effective Date. This bill shall take effect 60 days after its passage.