HB 730

vaccine exemption form goes online, no seal required

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the affidavit form for claiming an exemption from required immunizations.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

The department counts website visits but can’t record names.

The bill makes the state health department post the vaccine exemption affidavit form on its website and in all public schools, and drops the rule that the form carry a seal or anti-copy security device. It touches parents, guardians and adults who claim an exemption from required immunizations, and the schools that accept those forms. Instead of requesting a form from the state, people can download it, and the department counts website accesses while being barred from recording the names of people who download or access the form.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Public Health committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB730 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Valoree SwansonRHouse 150

Rep. Terri Leo WilsonRHouse 23

Rep. Carrie IsaacRHouse 73

+ 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to the affidavit form for claiming an exemption from required immunizations.

WHAT IT DOES

The department counts website visits but can’t record names.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Nov 12, 2024Filed
Mar 4, 2025Read first time
Mar 4, 2025Referred to Public Health

FILED UNDER

BIG PHARMA'S BILL

THE TEXT

…“make that form available on the department's Internet website and in all public schools”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill makes it easier to get the form for opting out of required immunizations, loosening the state's vaccine mandate paperwork.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Valoree Swanson

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$314K Texas Conservative Majority PAC$116KKathaleen Wall$11,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$314,216.50

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$314,216.50

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $279,216.50
Total: $314,216.50

advertising $251,088.00polling $15,200.00mail $12,928.50

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101029008, 101031437, 101068777, 101071636.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$116,200.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$116,200.00

Cash: $25,000.00
Paid by others: $91,200.00
Total: $116,200.00

canvassing $76,000.00polling $15,200.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 18, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101068777, 101071636.

Kathaleen Wall$11,000.00

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$314,216.50

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $279,216.50
Total: $314,216.50

advertising $251,088.00polling $15,200.00mail $12,928.50

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101029008, 101031437, 101068777, 101071636.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$116,200.00

Cash: $25,000.00
Paid by others: $91,200.00
Total: $116,200.00

canvassing $76,000.00polling $15,200.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 18, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101068777, 101071636.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

03/04/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 4 2025 3:37PM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

Joanne ShofnerRHouse 11

House committee · Public Health · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance

Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions

IMMUNIZATIONS

INTERNET

STATE HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 317 words

89R271 LRM-D

By: Swanson
H.B. No. 730

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the affidavit form for claiming an exemption from

required immunizations.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Sections 161.0041(d) and (e), Health and Safety

Code, are amended to read as follows:

(d) The department shall develop a blank affidavit form for

use in claiming an exemption from a required immunization and make

that form available on the department's Internet website and in all

public schools [ that contains a seal or other security device to

prevent reproduction of the form ]. The affidavit form shall contain

a statement indicating that the person or, if a minor, the person's

parent, managing conservator, or guardian understands the benefits

and risks of immunizations and the benefits and risks of not being

immunized.

(e) The department shall maintain a record of the total

number of times an affidavit form was accessed on the department's

Internet website [ forms sent out ] each year and shall report that

information to the legislature each year. The department may not

maintain a record of the names of individuals who download or access

[ request ] an affidavit form under this section.

SECTION 2. Section 161.0041(c), Health and Safety Code, is

repealed.

SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date

of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall modify

the immunization exemption affidavit form as required by Section

161.0041, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026

school year.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.