HB3176 - Relating to the manufacture, sale, and distribution of products developed using mRNA material in the prevention or treatment of a communicable disease.

  89R13102 AB-D     By: Virdell H.B. No. 3176       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the manufacture, sale, and distribution of products   developed using mRNA material in the prevention or treatment of a   communicable disease.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 431, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 431.0215 to read as follows:           Sec.   431.0215.     ADDITIONAL PROHIBITED ACTS. (a)   In this   section, "mRNA material" means a substance that introduces   messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) corresponding to a viral protein.           (b)     A person may not manufacture, sell, or distribute a   product developed through the use of mRNA material in the   prevention or treatment of a communicable disease.            SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.