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State Affairs committee advances bill allowing suits over vaccine advertising
Summary
The Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs voted to report House Bill 3441 favorably to the full Senate, a measure that would let Texans sue vaccine manufacturers over paid advertising they say caused harm despite federal liability protections.
The Committee on State Affairs voted to report House Bill 3441 favorably to the full Senate after hearing testimony for and against the measure, the committee chair announced. The motion to report passed 9-1.
The bill, explained on the floor by Senator Hall, would allow an individual to bring a civil action against a vaccine manufacturer if the manufacturer’s paid advertising in Texas is found in court to have caused harm or injury. “Currently, due to the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, vaccine manufacturers hold no liability if a vaccine or countermeasure harms or injures a Texan,” Senator Hall said while laying out the bill to the committee.
Supporters told the committee the…
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