{"id":"TX-030","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code §§ 418.012, 418.016(a), 418.018(c); suspension of Health \u0026 Safety Code §§ 81.082(f)(1), 81.085(i)","instrument":"Executive Order GA-35","title":"Relating to COVID-19 vaccines and the protection of Texans\u0027 private health information","dateIssued":"2021-04-05","effective":"2021-04-05 (immediately)","end":"2021-07-29 (restated in GA-38 ¶ 2 and rescinded)","startDate":"2021-04-05","endDate":"2021-07-29","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","EMP"],"addressees":["governmental entities","state agencies and political subdivisions","any public or private entity receiving public funds"],"clause":"2. State agencies and political subdivisions shall not adopt or enforce any order, ordinance, policy, regulation, rule, or similar measure that requires an individual to provide, as a condition of receiving any service or entering any place, documentation regarding the individual\u0027s vaccination status for any COVID-19 vaccine administered under an emergency use authorization.... 3. Any public or private entity that is receiving or will receive public funds through any means, including grants, contracts, loans, or other disbursements of taxpayer money, shall not require a consumer to provide, as a condition of receiving any service or entering any place, documentation regarding the consumer\u0027s vaccination status for any COVID-19 vaccine administered under an emergency use authorization.","enforcement":"Preemption of conflicting local orders; suspension of statutes","functions":["CB customer intake rules (no vaccination-proof for entry) for every publicly funded private entity","HR (no governmental compulsion)","VS long-term care may still require resident documentation"],"notes":"Texas imposed no vaccination mandate on health-care workers or State employees; it prohibited governmental mandates and vaccination-proof conditions","sourceUrl":"https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/govdocs/Greg%20Abbott/2021/GA-35.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1036162,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-030","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-030","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-35 (Apr. 5, 2021) (Ex. TX-030)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-03-GM-031","SEC-03-GM-033","SEC-17-GM-093","TX-029","TX-031","TX-028"]}