On Oct. 11, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order that bans any entity in Texas from enforcing a vaccine mandate, which directly conflicts with the Biden administration’s rules requiring all federal contractors and large businesses to be vaccinated.
The executive order states: “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.”