The notable 2025 litigation was not in Texas: the Supreme Court ordered the Second Circuit to reconsider its decision upholding New York's repeal of religious exemptions (a case brought by Amish families), citing Mahmoud v. Taylor. Texas was not the venue; its exemption is statutory.
While most states offer a religious or conscience exemption option, or both, for school-entry vaccine requirements, four — California, Connecticut, Maine and New York — stopped doing so within the last decade after waves of infectious disease outbreaks.
The notable 2025 litigation was not in Texas: the Supreme Court ordered the Second Circuit to reconsider its decision upholding New York's repeal of religious exemptions (a case brought by Amish families), citing Mahmoud v. Taylor. Texas was not the venue; its exemption is statutory.