HB 4070 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Relating to natural immunity or antibodies to any illness to be treated as equal or better to vaccine induced immunity

HB 4070 would classify individuals who have naturally developed immunity from a communicable or infectious disease as "fully vaccinated" for all purposes, requiring them to be treated equally or preferentially compared to those with vaccine-induced immunity. The bill applies to all communicable or infectious diseases and directly affects people who recovered from an illness without vaccination. It changes how immunity is legally recognized in West Virginia, making natural immunity equivalent to vaccine immunity in policy implementation. This does not eliminate vaccination requirements but reclassifies natural immunity as meeting the "fully vaccinated" standard.
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Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Last action Jan 14, 2026
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Jan 14, 2026
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Jan 14, 2026
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