Iowa Senate, Vaccines

Gene-Based Vaccines Could Be Banned in Iowa Under New Bill
If passed, anyone who provides or administers a gene-based vaccine to another person would face a penalty of $500 per violation.
Iowa bill asks vaccine manufacturers to waive indemnity against injury lawsuits
The Iowa Senate bill alters a proposal that would have penalized administering gene-based vaccines including the COVID-19 vaccine.
Bill would ban mRNA vaccines in Iowa
A bill to make it a crime to administer mRNA vaccines in Iowa — like the Moderna and Pfizer COVID shots — has cleared initial review in the Iowa Senate. However, the bill’s sponsor plans to adjust the legislation and instead give Iowans a route to sue mRNA vaccine manufacturers.
Iowa lawmakers advance bill to ban mRNA vaccines
Another bill would ban public universities from making "critical race theory" courses a graduation requirement.
Iowa GOP Senator plans to amend vaccine bill to hold manufacturers liable
Senators heard testimony from Iowans Monday, over a bill that would prohibit anyone in Iowa from administering gene-based vaccines.Right now, the only gene base
Iowa Senate Republicans advance bill that would ban mRNA vaccine administering in the state
Secretary of State Marco Rubio threw a tantrum in an interview with ABC News after This Week presenter George Stephanopoulos claimed the Trump administration had “taken steps to placate Putin.” Rubio was fuming as he dodged questions from Stephanopoulos and made an eyebrow-raising comparison between the war in Ukraine to conflicts in the Middle East.

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Bill requiring Iowa law enforcement partner with ICE tabled
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Iowa lawmakers, governor could get pay raise under bill advanced Tuesday
Iowa’s state elected officials could get a major pay raise under a bill advanced by Iowa Senate lawmakers on Tuesday. The ...
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Iowa governor, lawmakers would see their salaries increase under bill advanced Tuesday
The bill would take salaries for state representatives and senators from $25,000 to $45,000 and the governor's from $130,000 to $230,000.
IA bill that would require feminine hygiene products in schools moves forward
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Anti-hunger advocates challenge bill that would limit food choices for Iowa SNAP recipients
Lawmakers on a House subcommittee advanced the bill Wednesday. Health and Human Services Committee Chair Carter Nordman, ...