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Bills › 91st General Assembly

HF 712Died when the session ended · March 6, 2025

Relating to liability for injuries caused by vaccines

Sponsored by Rep. Charley Thomson (R)

Topics:Courts & civil lawHealth care

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedMarch 3, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeMarch 3, 2025
  3. Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Vaccine manufacturers would no longer be protected from lawsuits if their products have design defects. To sell or give out vaccines in Iowa, companies must agree to be held legally responsible for injuries caused by a vaccine's design. This rule applies to any manufacturer that distributes or uses vaccines within the state.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to immunity from suit for injuries caused by design defects of vaccines. The bill prohibits a vaccine from being distributed, sold, or administered in this state unless the manufacturer of the vaccine affirmatively waives any immunity from suit for an injury arising from a design defect of the vaccine, including the immunity granted by the federal National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, U.S.C. §300aa-1 et seq. The bill deems a manufacturer of a vaccine to have waived immunity from suit for an injury arising from a design defect of a vaccine if the vaccine is distributed, sold, or administered in this state.

Full bill text2

House subcommittee

Named March 3, 2025. On March 6, 2025 it recommended passage.

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

322 written public comments to its subcommittee: March 5, 2025 (322) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§139A.27§613.22

How the Code works3

Lobbying

3 for · 18 against · 2 undecided · Who →

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