NVIC Leads Reporting on State Vaccine Law Trends

Vaccine related bills continue to be filed in state legislatures around the country where as of February 23^rd, there have been over 825 filed since the beginning of the year!

More bills are having hearings, bills are being substituted and amended, and bills are passing chambers of legislatures. With so much happening, the best way to be the first to know about what is happening in your state and how you can help get good vaccine-related bills passed and oppose bad vaccine bills is to visit your own state’s page on the NVIC Advocacy Portal often!

Trends for Vaccine Related Bills

One advantage that NVIC has, which will help you be a better vaccine choice advocate in your own state, is that we track and analyze vaccine related bills in all 50 states so we can spot real time trends in bills being filed in state legislatures across the country.

Some of the categories of bills we have targeted for analysis and recently posted on the NVIC Advocacy Portal are bills that affect vaccine mandates and exemptions, vaccine status discrimination, informed consent, civil and criminal liability for vaccine manufacturers, mRNA products, minor consent to vaccination, vaccine tracking, directed or autologous blood donations, and vaccine injury reporting.

Below is more detail about some of the categories of the bills that we have recently posted on the NVIC Advocacy Portal:

Bills Adding

• medical trade associations to those entities who are authorized to influence state vaccine mandates (NVIC OPPOSES)
• vaccine exemptions (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• vaccine mandates (NVIC OPPOSES)
• vaccine mandates and vaccine tracking for pets (NVIC OPPOSES)

Bills Creating

• civil liability for pharmaceutical companies if someone is harmed by a vaccine and the company has advertised the vaccine in that state (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• criminal liability for pharmaceutical company executives if they mislead the public on the safety or efficacy of vaccination (NVIC SUPPORTS)

Bills Designating

• mRNA injections and products as bioweapons or weapons of mass destruction (NVIC SUPPORTS)

Bills Expanding

• professions who are permitted to administer vaccines to those who are not medically educated including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, medical assistants, dental hygienists, etc. (NVIC OPPOSES)
• vaccine tracking and vaccine tracking systems (NVIC OPPOSES)

Bills Limiting

• the influence the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has in the establishment of state vaccine schedules, limitations on liability protections for vaccine administrators, or required insurance coverage for vaccines (NVIC OPPOSES)

Bills Removing

• the authority to expand vaccine mandates by administrative rule (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• the authority to order vaccination through emergency powers (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• vaccine exemptions (NVIC OPPOSES)
• vaccine mandates (NVIC SUPPORTS)

Bills Prohibiting

• child abuse or neglect claims based on the child’s vaccination status (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• minor child consent to vaccination (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• mRNA vaccines from being administered (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• mRNA vaccines or products being used in foods we consume (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• tax dollars from being used to promote vaccines (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• vaccine mandates or medical mandates (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• vaccine status discrimination and vaccine passports (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• vaccine tracking without opt-in informed consent (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• the WHO and other international organizations from having jurisdiction in the state (NVIC SUPPORTS)

Bills Requiring

• directed or autologous blood donations to be accepted (assists blood transfusion patients to secure blood for transfusions free of COVID-19 vaccine spike protein) (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• the disclosure of the availability of vaccine exemptions whenever vaccine mandates are discussed (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• the inclusion of vaccine records in death records (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• the restitution, reinstatement, or back pay for anyone fired due to COVID-19 vaccine mandates (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• schools and day care facilities to disclose the number of vaccine exemptions (NVIC OPPOSES)
• vaccine injury reporting at state level codifying federal reporting requirements (NVIC SUPPORTS)
• vaccine mandates and vaccine tracking for pets (NVIC OPPOSES)
• written informed consent before vaccination (NVIC SUPPORTS)

Talk to your legislators about filing some of these good bills in your state and use us as a resource to help oppose the bad bills filed!

Dawn Interviewed on “The Highwire”

On Thursday, February 12^th, Jeffrey Jaxon sat down in the Highwire studio and interviewed me live for an important discussion on the 2026 legislative session so far. I highlight some specific bills of interest on the NVIC Advocacy Portal and talk about some of these trends mentioned above in more detail. Here is the link to watch: https://thehighwire.com/ark-videos/vaccine-bills-surging-across-the-u-s/.

Register for the Free NVIC Advocacy Portal

The best way to find out what is happening in your state and what you can do to take action in your state, is to become a registered member of the free NVIC Advocacy Portal at http://NVICAdvocacy.org and to check your state page regularly. Every bill posted on the portal includes NVIC’s position on the bill, an analysis and status, and recommended action to take.

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