Idaho committee rejects bill to repeal childhood vaccine requirements
An Idaho House committee on Friday rejected a bill meant to repeal vaccine requirements, but which critics said could have restricted access to medical care.
House Bill 808 proposed expanding on Idaho law passed last year that banned businesses, schools and governments from requiring people get medical treatment, diagnosis or vaccines. Last year’s law drew praise from U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The new bill proposed repealing laws that require childhood vaccines; changing Idaho’s immunization records system to opt in; and blocking local governments from violating the state’s so-called medical freedom law passed last year. Idaho parents can already exempt their kids from vaccines rules.
Major groups opposed the bill, including the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, a powerful business lobbying group, the Idaho Hospital Association and the Idaho Association of Counties and Association of Idaho Cities.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/03/16/repub/idaho-committee-rejects-bill-to-repeal-childhood-vaccine-requirements/