The Tennessee Senate passed a bill that aims to ban so-called “vaccine passports” on a state level. The legislation would also take away public health powers from county boards of health. The bill, named SB0858/HB0575, is sponsored by state Sen. Janice Bowling and state Rep. John Ragan, both Republican. If the bill makes it through the state House, it will depend on the governor to sign it into law. Tennessee’s Republican Governor Bill Lee expressed his disapproval for vaccine passports earlier this month on Twitter. “I oppose vaccine passports. The COVID-19 vaccine should be a personal health choice, not a government requirement,” Lee said. “I am supporting legislation to prohibit any government-mandated vaccine passports to protect the privacy of Tennesseans’ health information and ensure this vaccine remains a voluntary, personal decision,” he added. The move comes after the Governors of Florida and Texas signed executive orders for the same reason. Florida …