Governor Abbott explained that the Lone Star State is “open 100%”; the Texas governor then noted that state residents should not face “limits, restrictions, or requirements” as they move throughout the area.
On video, Abbott then signed Senate Bill 968, making the vaccine passport ban a statewide law. Shortly before doing so, the Texas governor also thanked the state legislature for getting S.B. 968 on his desk to sign.
Weeks before the success of Texas’ statewide vaccine passport ban, Abbott put out an anti-vaccine passport executive order. This executive order declared government entities disallowed from implementing vaccine passport programs.
Will other states follow suit?
At this time, many Republican governors have already put out executive orders barring government, businesses, or both from implementing vaccine passports. However, Florida and Texas, thus far, are the only two states with laws on the books against vaccine passport programs.
Ultimately, state legislatures will have to do the work to pass laws that ban vaccine passports. Assuming that state legislatures pass bills prohibiting these vaccine passport programs, Republican governors can then sign the legislation into law.
