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UPDATE: 5/15/2024 - HB 334 died, it failed to be scheduled for a hearing in the House Health and Social Services Committee before the 2024 session ended on 5/15/2024.
HB 334 was introduced in the House and referred to the House Health and Social Services Committee on 2/20/2024. The bill is sponsored by Representative David Eastman.
HB 334 requires blood banks to ensure all donated blood is tested for messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine components or self-amplifying ribonucleic acid vaccine components, including lipid nanoparticles and spike proteins. If the blood tests positive, it must be labeled and the person receiving the transfusion must be informed and given the opportunity to refuse it. Penalties will be enforced if sections are violated.
HB 334 amends Chapter 15, related to disease control and threats to public health, to add a new section dealing with the testing, labeling, and administration of donated blood and required disclosures, codified as Article 7A.
SECTION 1. adds the following new sections as summarized:
Sec. 18.15.500. Outlines that all donated blood must be tested for mRNA vaccine components, spike proteins, and any evidence of lipid nanoparticles. It also requires all donors to disclose whether they have received an mRNA vaccine or "self-amplifying ribonucleic acid vaccine."
Sec. 18.15.510. Requires a person who withdraws or separates blood to label each container of blood that designates if the blood tested positive for an mRNA or self- amplifying ribonucleic acid vaccine.
Sec. 18.15.520. Requires a person administering the donor blood to inform the person receiving the transfusion or their representative if the blood tested positive for, mRNA or self- amplifying ribonucleic acid vaccine and provides them with the opportunity to refuse.
Sec. 18.15.530. Designates a violation of this law as a class A misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 and or not more than 6 months in prison, or both.
If passed, HB 334 will take effect January 1, 2025.
NVIC SUPPORTS HB 334 because every person has a right to informed consent on whether they receive blood containing mRNA vaccine components. NVIC supports informed consent, which includes the right to refuse. Without labeling donated blood containing mRNA-related components and allowing a person to refuse that blood, a person is unable to make an informed decision when receiving a blood transfusion. Florida's Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo made a call to halt the use of mRNA COVID vaccines due to the FDA's inability to provide evidence that there is no harmful DNA contamination in mRNA-based vaccines in January 2024. There is insufficient evidence to support the safety of mRNA-based vaccines for humans.
https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB%20334 - text, status, and history of HB 334
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