{"id":"TX-037","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); suspension of Health \u0026 Safety Code §§ 81.082(f)(1), 81.085(i)","instrument":"Executive Order GA-39","title":"Relating to prohibiting vaccine mandates and vaccine passports subject to legislative action","dateIssued":"2021-08-25","effective":"2021-08-25 (immediately)","end":"In force through 2021-09-30 (supplemented by GA-40 on 2021-10-11, post-period)","startDate":"2021-08-25","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX"],"addressees":["governmental entities","state agencies and political subdivisions","publicly funded public or private entities"],"clause":"1. No governmental entity can compel any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.... 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.... 3. Any public or private entity that is receiving or will receive public funds... 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.... This executive order supersedes only paragraph No. 2 of Executive Order GA-38.","enforcement":"Preemption; suspension of statutes","functions":["CB customer intake (publicly funded entities)","HR (no governmental compulsion)"],"notes":"Extends GA-38 ¶ 2 to FDA-approved vaccines after the August 23, 2021 Pfizer approval","sourceUrl":"https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/govdocs/Greg%20Abbott/2021/GA-39.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":150097,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-037","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-037","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-39 (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. TX-037)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-08-GM-020","SEC-08-GM-021","SEC-13-GM-005","SEC-13-GM-019","SEC-13-GM-101","SEC-13-GM-103","SEC-13-GM-111","SEC-13-GM-117","SEC-13-GM-118","SEC-13-GM-124","SEC-13-GM-127","SEC-17-GM-039"]}