{"id":"TX-039","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), 418.173","instrument":"Executive Order GA-40","title":"Relating to prohibiting vaccine mandates, subject to legislative action","dateIssued":"2021-10-11","effective":"2021-10-11 (immediately) (POST-PERIOD)","end":"Post-period; not researched","startDate":"2021-10-11","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["VAX"],"addressees":["every entity in Texas, including private employers"],"clause":"1. No entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee or a consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience, based on a religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from COVID-19.... 2. The maximum fine allowed under Section 418.173 of the Texas Government Code and the State\u0027s emergency management plan shall apply to any \u0027failure to comply with\u0027 this executive order.","enforcement":"§ 418.173 fine up to $1,000","functions":["HR (post-period)"],"notes":"Stated precisely as post-period: issued eleven days after the close of 2021 Q3; shows the Texas COVID-19 disaster regime continued to generate force-of-law orders on private employers after September 30, 2021","sourceUrl":"https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/govdocs/Greg%20Abbott/2021/GA-40.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":331713,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-039","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-039","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-40 (Oct. 11, 2021) (Ex. TX-039)","stateName":"Texas","related":["DUT-TX-010","TX-038","TX-037","TX-036","TX-035"]}