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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia Bill Requires Medical Professionals to Report Vaccine Injuries and Complete Training
Last action · January 14, 2026: To Health and Human ResourcesSponsor: Patricia Rucker
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 72 requires medical professionals in West Virginia to report all vaccine injuries and side effects to the and complete formal training on vaccine side effects every five years. The measure directs the of the Bureau for Public Health to produce an annual legislative report, publish vaccine safety data online, and provide an adverse-event reporting mechanism for individuals and parents. Additionally, medical professionals administering vaccines must receive bureau-issued educational materials.
Medical professionals face new mandatory reporting duties for adverse vaccine reactions and must complete periodic training every five years, while the state assumes responsibility for compiling public safety reports and maintaining an individual reporting portal.
- Senate Bill 72 was introduced in the West Virginia Senate during the 2026 regular session by Senator Rucker and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Medical professionals
Medical professionals must submit adverse vaccine reaction reports, complete formal training every five years, and receive bureau educational materials.
Parents and individuals
Individuals and parents gain access to a designated mechanism to report adverse impacts from vaccines.
Bureau for Public Health
The bureau must collect injury reports, distribute educational materials, establish a reporting mechanism, and compile an annual legislative report.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Jan 14, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources
- Jan 14, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Jan 14, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources
- Jan 14, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled for introduction
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Mandatory Vaccine Injury Reporting and Training
The state shifts from general public health oversight to explicitly mandating adverse event reporting and periodic side-effect training for vaccine providers.
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz50Current news / social attention level
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