CALL NOW BEFORE HB 306 IS HEARD

Delegate Freitas' House Bill 306 (summary below) is about to be addressed during the House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee meeting. If passed, this bill would prevent of the health commissioner from overriding religious exemptions during a public health emergency.

Please take a moment to call and/or email the members of HWI and urge them to VOTE YES ON HB 306 this morning!

Delegates on the House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee:

Robert D. Orrock, Sr. (Chair) (54 R) DelBOrrock@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1054

Christopher T. Head (Vice Chair) (17 R) DelCHead@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1017

Robert B. Bell (58 R) DelRBell@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1058

M. Keith Hodges (98 R) DelKHodges@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1098

James E. Edmunds, II (60 R) DelJEdmunds@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1060

Roxann L. Robinson (27 R) DelRRobinson@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1027

Wendell S. Walker (23 R) DelWWalker@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1023

C. Matthew Fariss (59 R) DelMFariss@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1059

Mike A. Cherry (66 R) DelMCherry@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1066

Phillip A. Scott (88 R) DelPScott@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1088

Marie E. March (7 R) DelMMarch@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1007

H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. (75 R) DelOWachsmann@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1075

Mark D. Sickles (43 D) DelMSickles@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1043

Patrick A. Hope (47 D) DelPHope@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1047

Marcia S. "Cia" Price (95 D) DelMPrice@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1095

C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (77 D) DelCHayes@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1077

Karrie K. Delaney (67 D) DelKDelaney@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1067

Dawn M. Adams (68 D) DelDAdams@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1068

Elizabeth R. Guzman (31 D) DelEGuzman@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1031

Kathy K.L. Tran (42 D) DelKTran@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1042

Rodney T. Willett (73 D) DelRWillett@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1073

Sally L. Hudson (57 D) DelSHudson@house.virginia.gov (804) 698-1057

HB 306

Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health, religious exception.

Exempts a person, including a parent or guardian on behalf of a child, who objects to administration of a vaccine on religious grounds from mandatory immunization requirements during an epidemic. Currently, exemption from mandatory immunization requirements during an epidemic is available only to those persons to whose health the administration of the vaccine would be detrimental, as certified in writing by a licensed physician.