Louisiana’s House of Representatives has passed legislation to ban state and local governments from requiring proof of a COVID-19 vaccine to enter public areas and private businesses, or to receive services and goods from them.
The measure now moves to the state’s Senate after a vote of 64–31 in the House late on Wednesday.
According to the text of the legislation, House Bill 990 (pdf), the ban does not apply to “any COVID-19 vaccination mandate that is required in accordance with federal law or regulation.”
State Rep. Thomas Pressly, a Republican who sponsored the bill, said the measure doesn’t interfere with businesses’ own decisions on whether they would require proof of vaccination.
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