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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Senate Bill 262

Eliminating personal conviction exemption from immunizations

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jun 6, 2019

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill eliminates the ability to waive the immunization requirement for schools, child care centers, and nursery schools for the reason of personal conviction.

Under current law, a student admitted to elementary, middle, junior, or senior high school, a child care center, or a nursery school must, within 30 days of admission, present evidence of having completed the first immunization for each vaccine required for the student's grade and being on schedule for the remainder of the basic and booster immunization series for mumps, measles, rubella, diphtheria, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, tetanus, and any other diseases the Department of Health Services specifies by rule. This immunization requirement is waived, however, if the student or the student's parent, guardian, or legal custodian instead submits a written statement to the school, child care center, or nursery school objecting to the immunization for reasons of health, religion, or personal conviction. A school, child care center, or nursery school may exclude a student who does not meet the immunization requirement or does not present a waiver and is required to exclude a student who does not meet the immunization requirement or does not present a waiver if fewer than 99 percent of the students have complied with the immunization requirement or presented a waiver. A court may issue an order directing a student to comply with the immunization requirement or present a waiver by a certain date, and if the student is not in compliance, the court may require an adult student or the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a minor student to pay a forfeiture. This bill eliminates personal conviction as a reason for a waiver of the immunization requirement.

Who's behind it

8 senators are its ⁠. All 8 are Democrats.

27 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 35 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (27)

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jun 18, 2019

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Jun 6, 2019

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.

  4. Jun 6, 2019

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jun 6, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Carpenter, L. Taylor, Smith, Hansen, Miller, Risser, Ringhand and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Hintz, Vorpagel, Kolste, Brostoff, L. Myers, Riemer, Goyke, Anderson, Stubbs, Zamarripa, B. Meyers, Subeck, Crowley, Steffen, Sinicki, Considine, Fields, Doyle, Vruwink, Spreitzer, Emerson, Pope, Ohnstad, Hesselbein, Billings, Skowronski and Neubauer

  2. Jun 6, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Jun 18, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Bowen added as a cosponsor

  4. Nov 15, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Doyle withdrawn as a cosponsor

  5. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Public hearing

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

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Author

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Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

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