Bill > HB3737

This bill proposes to prohibit the prescription, delivery, administration, use, advertisement, and solicitation of COVID-19 vaccines containing mRNA material in Texas. Specifically, the bill defines COVID-19 as the 2019 novel coronavirus disease and mRNA material as a substance that introduces messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) corresponding to a viral protein. Under this proposed legislation, healthcare providers and other individuals would be banned from prescribing, delivering, administering, using, advertising, or soliciting COVID-19 vaccines that utilize mRNA technology, which was the basis for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines developed during the pandemic. The bill is set to take effect on September 1, 2025, and would amend two sections of the Texas Health and Safety Code to create these new restrictions. This legislation appears to be part of a broader movement questioning the safety and efficacy of mRNA vaccine technology, despite widespread scientific consensus about the vaccines' safety and effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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