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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 737 Removes Meningococcal Immunization Requirements for Students
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.Sponsor: Beryl Amedée
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 737 removes the requirement for students to present evidence of immunization against as a condition of entering schools, sixth grade, eleventh grade, and postsecondary institutions. The measure also repeals statutory provisions concerning postsecondary meningococcal immunization requirements and specific disease awareness mandates, while retaining provisions requiring schools to provide information about meningococcal disease.
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.
Students entering schools, sixth grade, eleventh grade, and postsecondary institutions
K-12 schools and postsecondary educational institutions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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