ArizonaExaminers would review infant vaccine histories and report unexplained deaths
The vetoed proposal would require examiners to review infants’ recent immunization histories and report sudden, unexplained deaths to a national registry.
What it does
For each sudden and unexplained infant death, the examiner would review the infant’s immunization and vaccination history and report the case to a national registry.
Argument forReporting cases using shared procedures could help researchers track patterns in sudden infant deaths and guide future study.
Argument againstFamilies might worry that reviewing and reporting an infant’s health history could expose private details; the text does not explain how the registry handles that information.
More detail
The medical examiner or forensic pathologist would review the infant’s immunization and vaccination history and report the death to a national registry. This applies to every sudden and unexplained infant death. The registry report would follow federal disease-control agency protocols. The history review would cover the 90 days before the infant’s death.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 19Vetoed by Governor Katie HobbsLatest
- Jun 12Transmit to GovernorTo Governor
- Jun 11Transmit to Senate
- Vote recorded Passed. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 11PASSEDPassed House
- Apr 15DPMinor
- Vote recorded do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 30House Placed on Consent Calendar
- Mar 25DPMinor
- Mar 19House Second ReadingMinor
- Mar 18House First Reading.Minor
- Mar 17Transmit to House
- Vote recorded Passed. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 17PASSEDPassed Senate
- Mar 2DPMinor
- Vote recorded do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21DPMinor
- Jan 14Senate Second ReadingMinor
- Jan 12Senate First ReadingMinor
- 2025
- Dec 9Prefiled.Introduced
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