150
Public Health Law Datasets
High-quality, open source legal data developed or curated by the Center for Public Health Law Research at the Temple University Beasley
School of Law.
Featured Data
Act for Public Health: State Bills Relating to Vaccines in Schools and Provider Scopes of Practice
This longitudinal dataset captures legislation on school entry vaccination requirements, non-medical exemptions, and provider scopes of practice between January 1, 2023, and July 7, 2025, in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia.
Public Health Topic
Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Geography
50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia
collection
Public Health Authority
Date Range
January 1, 2023 - July 7, 2025
last Updated
Nov 01, 2025
Variables
- Has this state introduced a bill since January 1, 2023, addressing vaccination within the scope of this dataset?
- Is there a bill that adds a school entry vaccination requirement?
- Is there a bill that prohibits a school entry vaccination requirement?
- Is there a bill that limits non-medical exemptions for school vaccination requirements?
- Plus 3 others ...
State HIV Criminalization Laws
This dataset captures HIV criminalization laws for the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico from August 31, 2023, through December 31, 2024.
Public Health Topic
Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Geography
50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
collection
None
Date Range
August 31, 2023 - December 31, 2024
last Updated
Feb 09, 2026
Variables
- Does the state have a law specifically regulating behavior related to potential HIV, sexually transmitted infection (STI), and/or infectious disease exposure?
- Does the state have a sentence enhancement statute?
- Does the state regulate specific behavior related to potential communicable disease exposure?
- Plus 6 others . . .
State Syringe Access Laws
This longitudinal dataset captures key elements of state-level statutes and regulations regulating syringe services programs and drug paraphernalia from January 1, 2010, through June 1, 2024, in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Public Health Topic
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
Geography
50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia
collection
None
Date Range
January 1, 2010 - June 1, 2024
last Updated
Jan 29, 2026
Variables
- Does the state allow for the operation of syringe service programs (SSPs)?
- Does state law explicitly operate SSPs?
- Does the state have a drug paraphernalia law?
- Plus 2 others . . .
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Citations
Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
Policy surveillance for a global analysis of national abortion laws
Houston Journal of Health Law and Policy
Legal Epidemiology for Racial Health Equity
Public Health Reports
Medicaid Coverage for Podiatric Care: A National Survey
Women's Health Issues
Variation in Restrictive Abortion Policies and Adverse Birth Outcomes in the United States from 2005 to 2015
