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HB1584 Directing the department of health and human services to provide notice of medical and religious exemptions from immunization requirements and relative to the form of such exemption.

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Directing the department of health and human services to provide notice of medical and religious exemptions from immunization requirements and relative to the form of such exemption.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

5

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

No direct financial impact on residents.

3
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Your Community

Actively promoting vaccine exemptions could reduce vaccination rates, increasing the risk of disease outbreaks that threaten schools and communities.

7
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Your Freedom

Ensures people are informed of their existing legal rights to medical and religious vaccine exemptions.

Status

Conference Committee Report 2026-2089c: Adopted, Voice Vote 06/04/2026 House Journal 15

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

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R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Kelley Potenza (R)

The Short Version

Requires DHHS to actively notify people about medical and religious exemptions from immunization requirements and simplifies the exemption process. Passed the House 197-163. Could increase vaccine exemption rates by making them easier to obtain.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Families seeking vaccine exemptions for medical or religious reasons
  • ▲ Medical freedom advocates

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Public health if increased exemptions reduce herd immunity
  • ▼ Immunocompromised individuals who depend on community vaccination
  • ▼ Schools that may see increased outbreaks

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 195 for , 4 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 2 for , 159 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-02-12
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

195R + 2D
Voted to Pass (197)
4R + 159D
Voted Against (163)
19
Absent
15
Not voting
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Voted Yea (197)

Republicans (195)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (163)

Republicans (4)
Democrats (159)
Absent (19)

Beth Richards (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Charles Foote (R) , David Meuse (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Harry Bean (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , John MacDonald (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Mark MacKenzie (D) , Mary Murphy (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Richard Brown (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , William Dolan (D)

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