Tammy Nichols | |
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Member of the
Idaho Senate from the 10th district | |
Assumed office December 1, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Jim Rice |
Member of the
Idaho House of Representatives from the 11th district | |
In office December 1, 2018 – December 1, 2022 | |
Succeeded by | Chris Allgood |
Personal details | |
Born | Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Jeramie (div 2019) |
Children | 5 |
Education | Brigham Young University–Idaho |
Tammy Nichols (born February 1976) is an American politician and speaker serving as a member of the Idaho Senate for District 10. She is also a co-chair of the Idaho Freedom Caucus.
Nichols was born in Boise, Idaho and graduated from Boise High School in 1994. [1] In 2016, Nichols graduated from Brigham Young University–Idaho. [2]
In January 2023, Nichols sponsored SB1038, the Education Choice Act, a school choice bill. [7] [8]
In February 2023, Nichols and Idaho Rep. Judy Boyle introduced HB 154, a bill that would make it a misdemeanor to provide or administer a vaccine developed using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology in any individual or mammal in the state. This would prohibit all mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, and pre-emptively ban mRNA vaccines being developed as treatments for other illnesses. [9] [10] Nichols also sponsored a bill that would require the inclusion of "vaccine materials" in food to be labelled. [11]
Nichols has five children. Nichols and her family live in Middleton, Idaho. [12] [2] Nichols and her husband divorced in January 2019.[ citation needed]
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