Bill to ban mRNA vaccines passes out of House committee
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines for children ages 5-11 at a vaccination clinic at the Flathead County Fairgrounds on Wednesday, Dec. 1. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
A bill that would ban the use of mRNA vaccines, including for Covid-19, is on its way to the House floor after passing out of committee in a party-line vote Wednesday.
Sponsored by Rep. Greg Kmetz, R-Miles City, and co-sponsored by Northwest Montana Reps. Tracy Sharp, R-Polson, and Lukas Schubert, R-Kalispell, House Bill 371 would prohibit administering vaccines developed with mRNA, or messenger ribonucleic acid, technology on humans. The bill deems the technology, which was employed to create the Covid-19 vaccines, a hazard.
The House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 12 voted 12-8 to send the bill to the floor after hearing testimony for and against HB 371 last week. Sharp, along with local Reps. Braxton Mitchell, R-Columbia Falls, and committee Chair Amy Regier, R-Kalispell, voted in favor.
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