S.F. 116 Section 1. Section 139A.8, subsection 4, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (2), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 2 (2) The applicant, or if the applicant is a minor, the 3 applicant’s parent or legal guardian, submits an affidavit 4 signed by both the applicant, or if the applicant is a minor, 5 the applicant’s parent or legal guardian, and the leader of the 6 local congregation of a recognized religious denomination of 7 which the applicant is an adherent or member, stating that the 8 immunization conflicts with the tenets and practices of a the 9 recognized religious denomination of to which the applicant 10 is an adherent or member local congregation belongs, and 11 that the applicant is a member in good standing of the local 12 congregation . 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill relates to the obtaining of a religious exemption 17 from the required immunization of a person enrolling in any 18 elementary or secondary school or a licensed child care center. 19 Currently, an applicant, or if the applicant is a minor, the 20 applicant’s parent or legal guardian, must submit an affidavit 21 signed by the applicant, or if the applicant is a minor, the 22 applicant’s parent or legal guardian, stating that the required 23 immunization conflicts with the tenets and practices of a 24 recognized religious denomination of which the applicant is an 25 adherent or member in order to be exempt from the immunization 26 requirement. The bill amends this provision to also require 27 that, in addition to the applicant, or the applicant’s parent 28 or legal guardian, the leader of the local congregation of a 29 recognized religious denomination of which the applicant is 30 an adherent or member, sign the affidavit stating that the 31 required immunization conflicts with the tenets and practices 32 of the recognized religious denomination to which the local 33 congregation belongs and that the applicant is a member in good 34 standing of the local congregation. 35 -1- LSB 1389XS (4) 87 pf/nh 1/ 1