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Legislative Sessions Begin Around the USA
With 2024 upon us, most state legislatures have convened or are about to do so. 39 states launch their legislative sessions in January, five states start in February, and others start soon after. Only Texas, North Dakota, Nevada, and Montana have no regular sessions for this year. Many state procedures include “rollovers,” meaning that in addition to bills filed this year, those pending from last year are still under consideration.
Prepare for Action
With a wide variety of good, and bad, proposed new bills relating to health freedom being considered around the country, we all need to be ready to take action as key committee hearings are scheduled and your representatives decide how they will vote. It is urgent that they hear from their own constituents in large numbers who care deeply about protecting health freedom rights.
For a list of states with their session opening dates and key deadlines, see here. For an interactive map showing this information including which states are still in recess, see here.
Throughout the various state sessions, NHFA will send out Action Alerts making it easy for you to let your elected officials know where you stand on key health freedom issues. If you would like assistance in your state to support or oppose a bill using NHFA’s targeted online platform, please email our attorney Steven O’Connor at sao1965@hotmail.com.
Right to Refuse
Right to Refuse bills are those offering a wide variety of protection against mandated vaccines and other medical interventions. Between bills that have “rolled over” from last year, and bills filed for this year, there are now 189 Right to Refuse proposals pending around the USA that we are tracking in 23 states. We continue to update our collaborative Right to Refuse website, and you can always see what bills are pending in your state with the site’s interactive map.
Current and Pending Alerts
We also are tracking a variety of other health freedom related bills, both good and bad. For example, out in Washington state efforts are afoot to radically expand the definition of what a childhood “vaccine” is, and we have created action alerts asking folks in that state to take action to stop the two bills involved. Florida has a dangerous Naturopathic Licensing bill pending, and we are preparing an alert to help people in that state oppose this legislation.
Stay tuned as these sessions begin around the nation; we will keep you updated on actions needed for bills, and as noted above, we invite your input on what proposals need to be supported or opposed in your individual states!
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