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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota bill requires quarterly public death and vaccination record reports
Last action · February 20, 2025: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 33 nays 54Sponsors: Karen Rohr and 10 others
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1519 would have required the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services to compile individual death and vaccination records and publish quarterly s for vaccines administered to more than 20,000 individuals.
The measure establishes a mandatory public reporting framework linking vaccination history to mortality timelines, creating new data-publishing obligations for state health authorities.
- The North Dakota Century Code is the codified law of the state of North Dakota, and chapter 23-02.1 governs vital statistics. context
- House Bill 1519 was introduced during the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and failed to pass in the House. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
department of health and human services
The department is required to compile individual records, maintain databases, and publish quarterly time-series summary reports on its website.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the House.
Procedural history
7 actions- Feb 20, 2025HouseSecond reading, failed to pass, yeas 33 nays 54
- Feb 19, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 20 0 3
- Feb 12, 2025HouseRereferred to Appropriations
- Feb 12, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted
- Feb 11, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 3 0
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:00
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- Jan 20, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee
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Mandatory Health Data Correlation
The bill establishes a formal statutory requirement to link electronic death registration records with immunization registry records for public reporting.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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