Submitted by the CFRW Legislative Analyst Committee – July 6, 2023 Karen Contreras, Lou Ann Flaherty and Elaine Freeman AB 3121 This bill has been amended for the better. This bill, the Cancer Prevention Act, would declare the public policy of the state that pupils are “recommended” rather than “expected” to be fully immunized against human papillomavirus (HPV) before admission or advancement to the 8th grade level of any private or public elementary or secondary school. The bill would, upon a pupil’s admission or advancement to be the 8th grade level, require the governing authority to submit to the pupil and their parent or guardian a notification containing a statement about that public policy and advising that the pupil be fully immunized against HPV before admission or advancement to the 8th grade level. As amended, this bill would incorporate that notification into existing provisions relating to notifications by school districts. This bill is currently pending in the Senate Education Committee scheduled for hearing on July 7. To contact your U.S. Representatives, call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 Legislative Portal links- Express your support or opposition to a bill or directly to the Legislative committee currently reviewing it (as an individual, not as a member of RWF or CFRW) – click here, or the bill’s author – click here, enter your bill # and look for tab at top of the bill page labeled “Comments to Author”.