HB 120 — An Act amending the act of February 13, 1970 (P.L.19, No.10), entitled "An act enabling certain minors to consent to medical, dental and health services, declaring consent unnecessary under certain circumstances," providing for consent required for vaccines.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-16
Latest action: — Referred to HEALTH, Jan. 16, 2025
Sponsors
- Russ Diamond (R, PA-102) — sponsor · 2025-01-16
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Milou Mackenzie (R, PA-131) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Jill N. Cooper (R, PA-55) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Kathy L. Rapp (R, PA-65) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Roman Kozak (R, PA-14) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, PA-51) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to HEALTH, Jan. 16, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0102 · 3,129 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 102
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 120
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, HAMM, M. MACKENZIE, COOPER, RAPP,
KAUFFMAN AND SCIALABBA, JANUARY 16, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 16, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of February 13, 1970 (P.L.19, No.10), entitled
2 "An act enabling certain minors to consent to medical, dental
3 and health services, declaring consent unnecessary under
4 certain circumstances," providing for consent required for
5 vaccines.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. The act of February 13, 1970 (P.L.19, No.10),
9 entitled "An act enabling certain minors to consent to medical,
10 dental and health services, declaring consent unnecessary under
11 certain circumstances," is amended by adding a section to read:
12 Section 6. Consent Required for Vaccines.--(a) An
13 individual who is eighteen years of age or older, or has
14 graduated from high school, or has been pregnant or is legally
15 emancipated may consent to receive a vaccine for himself or
16 herself, and the consent of no other person shall be necessary.
17 (b) An individual under eighteen years of age, or who has
18 not graduated from high school, or who has not been pregnant or
19 who has not been legally emancipated may not solely give consent
1 to receive a vaccine. Consent from a parent or legal guardian
2 shall be required prior to the administration of a vaccine for
3 an individual specified under this subsection. An individual
4 specified under this subsection or another parent or legal
5 guardian may not abrogate the consent provided by a parent or
6 legal guardian under this subsection on the individual's behalf.
7 Section 2. The General Assembly finds and declares that the
8 addition of section 6 of the act relates to a subject matter
9 that is of Statewide concern. The addition of section 6 of the
10 act shall supersede and preempt a local ordinance, rule,
11 regulation, code, resolution, practice or other action of a
12 municipality, including a home rule municipality, political
13 subdivision or local government entity that regulates a matter
14 relating to vaccine administration for an individual specified
15 under the addition of section 6 of the act. A local ordinance,
16 rule, regulation, code, resolution, practice or other action of
17 a municipality, including a home rule municipality, political
18 subdivision or local government entity that regulates a matter
19 relating to vaccine administration for an individual specified
20 under the addition of section 6 of the act is declared null and
21 void.
22 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Health Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russ Diamond (R, state_lower PA-102) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, state_lower PA-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jill N. Cooper (R, state_lower PA-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Kathy L. Rapp (R, state_lower PA-65) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Milou Mackenzie (R, state_lower PA-131) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Roman Kozak (R, state_lower PA-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Health Committee · pa-leg