A bill for an act relating to liability for injuries caused by vaccines.

HF 2287 requires vaccine manufacturers to waive federal immunity for injuries caused by vaccine design defects before distributing, selling, or administering vaccines in Iowa. This directly affects vaccine manufacturers operating in the state, as they must affirmatively give up their protection under the federal National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (42 U.S.C. §300aa-1 et seq.) for design defect claims. The bill's key mechanism is that distributing a vaccine in Iowa automatically deems the manufacturer to have waived this immunity for design defect injuries. It does not impact the federal vaccine injury compensation program or immunity for other types of vaccine injuries. The bill is currently under review by the Judiciary Subcommittee.