BREAKING: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Issues an Executive Order Prohibiting State Agencies or Political Subdivisions in Texas from Creating a ‘Vaccine Passport’ Requirement

Texas Governor Greg Abbott just announced that he issued an Executive Order this morning prohibiting state agencies or political subdivisions in Texas from creating a ‘vaccine passport’ requirement.

ABC7 Eyewitness News reported this morning:

Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Tuesday morning prohibiting state agencies or political subdivisions in Texas from creating a “vaccine passport” requirement.

Conversation has grown around vaccine passports recently as an option that can be used for travel or even eating out.

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They are typically described as an app with a code that verifies if someone has been vaccinated or recently tested negative for COVID-19. They’re already in use in Israel, and in development in parts of Europe.

But Abbott shut that down as an option in the Lone Star State with Executive Order No. GA – 35 also prohibiting “organizations receiving public funds from requiring consumers to provide documentation of vaccine status in order to receive any service or enter any place.”

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Thank God two of the largest states in the Union (Texas and Florida) are standing up for individual freedoms.