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Massachusetts · 194th Legislature (2025-2026) · Proposed Bill

HD 4022: An Act clarifying Meningococcal Vaccine Policy

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HD 4022 is a proposed bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act clarifying Meningococcal Vaccine Policy. Primary sponsor: Patrick Kearney (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 27, 2025): Senate concurred.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1446) of Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to college student immunization for meningococcal disease. Higher Education.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Patrick KearneyPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Plymouth

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Senate concurred
  2. Referred to the committee on Higher Education

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source