Wisconsin Legislature: AB610: Text as Enrolled

Date of enactment:
2023 Assembly Bill 610 Date of publication*:

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2023 WISCONSIN ACT

An Act to create 252.047 of the statutes; relating to: waivers from immunization requirements at institutions of higher education.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB610,1 Section 1. 252.047 of the statutes is created to read:

252.047 Waiver from immunization requirements at universities, colleges, and technical colleges. (1) In this section, “institution of higher education” has the meaning given in s. 39.395 (1).

(2) If any institution of higher education that receives public moneys requires any student or prospective student to receive an immunization as a condition of attendance, the institution of higher education shall waive the immunization requirement if the student or prospective student objects to the immunization for reasons of health, religion, or personal conviction. No institution of higher education may require that a student or prospective student provide any explanation or justification for the student's or prospective student's objection to an immunization under this section.

(3) At any time an institution of higher education that receives public moneys informs a student or prospective student of any immunization requirements of the institution of higher education, the institution of higher education shall inform the student or prospective student in writing of the student's or prospective student's right to a waiver under this section.