HB0115 • 2024

Donated blood-mRNA disclosure.

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; requiring blood donors to disclose vaccination status as specified; requiring blood packaging to be marked as specified; allowing a person who receives a blood transfusion to request the use of certain blood; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Representative Penn
Last action: 2024-02-16
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2024

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and therefore does not have an effective date or further details on implementation.

Blood Donation and Vaccination Disclosure

The bill requires blood donors to disclose if they have had a COVID-19 or mRNA vaccine, labels the donated blood accordingly, and allows people getting non-emergency blood transfusions to request specific types of blood.

What This Bill Does

Requires blood banks to ask donors if they have ever gotten a COVID-19 or mRNA vaccine.
Blood from vaccinated donors must be clearly marked on its packaging.
In non-emergency situations, people who need blood can ask for blood that comes only from unvaccinated donors, but this is not allowed in emergencies.

Who It Names or Affects

Blood banks and donation centers
People donating blood
People getting blood transfusions

Terms To Know

mRNA vaccine: A type of vaccine that uses a piece of genetic material to teach the body how to fight off diseases like COVID-19.
blood transfusion: When someone gets blood from another person through an IV or needle.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and will not become a law.
It is unclear how the new rules might affect people's decisions to donate blood.
There are no details on what kind of labels must be used for marked blood.

Bill History

2024-02-16 House
H Did not Consider for Introduction
2024-02-07 House
H Received for Introduction
2024-02-06 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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24LSO-0420
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0420
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0115

Donated blood-mRNA disclosure.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Penn, Angelos, Bear, Davis, Heiner, Hornok, Knapp, Locke, Neiman, Ottman, Pendergraft, Singh, Slagle, Smith, Strock, Styvar, Ward and Winter and Senator(s) Biteman, French, Hutchings and Ide

A BILL

for

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 35
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34
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101 is created to read:

CHAPTER 34
BLOOD DONATIONS AND VACCINATIONS

35
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34
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101.

Disclosure of mRNA vaccinations for blood donations; labeling; right to request certain blood.

(a)

Any person who collects human blood donations for the purpose of providing blood for human blood transfusion shall require blood donors to disclose whether the blood donor has received a COVID
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19 vaccine or a messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine during the donor's lifetime.

(b)

Blood originating from a donor who has received a COVID
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19 vaccine or a messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine shall be conspicuously marked.

(c)

In a nonemergency situation, as determined by the person providing medical services, a person receiving a blood transfusion shall have the right to request blood based on whether or not the blood originated from a person who has received a COVID
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19 vaccine or a messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine, as long as the requested blood is available.

Section 2.

The department of health shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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(END)

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