Arizona Governor Bans Municipal ‘Vaccination Passport’ Mandates

Executive order leaves it to individual businesses, not the government.

by Scott Shackford
Reason.com

Arizona’s Republican Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered local governments to back off of any plans that would force citizens to carry around “vaccination passports,” instead leaving it to local businesses to determine their own best practices.

On Monday, Ducey released an executive order stating that “no state agency, county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state” shall adopt any regulations or pass any ordinances that require an individual to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination in order to enter a business or facility or as a condition of receiving service.

The order only forbids governments within the state from demanding vaccine passports and does not forbid private businesses from setting their own guidelines. It specifically makes it clear that health care institutions and schools can still demand vaccination records in compliance with existing state law.

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