Protect Family Privacy and Medical Freedom!

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California lawmakers are advancing a bill that could set the stage for increased pressure, surveillance, and discrimination against families based on vaccination status.

If passed, AB 2651 would expand the role of schools and public health authorities in monitoring and influencing personal medical decisions.

AB 2651 would:

• Require schools, preschools, and daycare centers to notify parents within 10 business days if vaccination rates fall below levels set by the state
• Allow the California Department of Public Health to establish and update vaccination rate thresholds “as needed”
• Require schools to distribute state-prepared notification content to parents when rates fall below those thresholds
• Mandate reporting of vaccination rates by disease, grade level, and time period

The bill has already passed key committees and is now in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. 

Now is the time to act.

TAKE ACTION

Contact your California Assemblymember and Senator TODAY and urge them to OPPOSE AB 2651.

Find your legislators here:
 https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov

Phone calls are most effective. Emails help too.

SAMPLE SCRIPT

“Hello, my name is ___ and I’m a constituent from ___.

I’m calling to urge you to OPPOSE AB 2651.

This bill threatens family medical privacy and could lead to discrimination against children and parents based on their vaccination status.

Schools should not become a place where families are monitored, labeled, or pressured regarding personal medical decisions.

Please vote NO on AB 2651.

Thank you.”

TALKING POINTS

1. AB 2651 risks exposing families’ private medical choices, especially in smaller school or childcare settings.

2. Public reporting of vaccination rates can lead to stigma, targeting, and discrimination against children.

3. Parents—not the government—should make medical decisions for their children.

4. The bill gives unelected public health officials broad authority to set and change vaccination thresholds without meaningful oversight.

5. Notifications framed around “low vaccination rates” may be used to pressure families into medical decisions.

6. Medical privacy is a fundamental right and should be protected—not undermined by state policy.

7. Vaccinated individuals can still become infected and transmit disease, raising questions about policies that single out families who choose differently. 

MORE INFORMATION

Bill text and status:
 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2651

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