Declarations of a Public Health Emergency

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Declarations of a Public Health Emergency ; Providing that the administration of vaccines is not included within the meaning of the terms “treat,” “treated,” or “treatment” as they relate to public health emergencies; revising provisions related to the expiration and renewal of declarations of a public health emergency; authorizing an individual to refuse examination, testing, or treatment under a State Health Officer’s order during a public health emergency by submitting a written refusal to the State Health Officer, etc.

Every action

5 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Feb 26, 2025SenateFiled
2. Mar 6, 2025CommitteeReferred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules · Senate Health Policy
3. Mar 10, 2025SenateIntroduced
4. May 3, 2025SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
5. Jun 16, 2025CommitteeDied in Health Policy · Senate Health Policy

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

• Clay YarboroughR Primary sponsor · District 4