Quantifying the Rise in Anti-Vaccine Policymaking Across State Legislatures Through the State Vaccine Policy Project (SVPP)

• In Event: Over Time Policy Changes

Brief Overview

We assemble a novel database of vaccine-related legislation introduced across states from 2019-23. We show that anti-vaccine bill introductions have increased following the COVID-19 pandemic, which is primarily attributable to Republican lawmakers.

Authors

• Matt Motta, Boston University

• Timothy Herbert Callaghan, Boston University