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Related: About this forumGov. Greg Abbott signs bill to punish businesses that require proof of COVID-19 vaccination
by Karen Brooks Harper, Texas TribuneTexas businesses that require customers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be denied state contracts and could lose their licenses or operating permits under legislation Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Monday.
Texas is open 100%, and we want to make sure you have the freedom to go where you want without limits, Abbott said before signing the law, in a video he posted Monday on Twitter. Vaccine passports are now prohibited in the Lone Star State.
Senate Bill 968 by state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, is a sweeping piece of legislation passed in the final days of the legislative session that includes a clause banning businesses from requiring proof of the vaccine from their customers.
Those that violate the ban may not contract with the state, and state agencies that oversee various sectors of business may decide to make compliance with the state law a condition of getting licensed or permitted.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/07/texas-vaccine-passports-covid-19/
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Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill to punish businesses that require proof of COVID-19 vaccination (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Jun 2021
OP
We need vaccine passports and to exclude/shun assholes who refuse to be vaccinated
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#4
Fullduplexxx
(7,872 posts)1. From the party of free market and regulations are job killers
secondwind
(16,903 posts)2. This is insanity !
HUAJIAO
(2,402 posts)3. Jeebus on a stick !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,628 posts)4. We need vaccine passports and to exclude/shun assholes who refuse to be vaccinated
Greg is an idiot
Paladin
(28,276 posts)5. Worst Texas Governor EVER.
Which is saying something, considering all the competition he has.