Indiana House Shuts Down Efforts to Ban Vaccine Passports

This illustration photo taken in Los Angeles on April 6, 2021 shows a person looking at the app for the New York State Excelsior Pass, which provides digital proof of a COVID-19 vaccination, in front of a screen showing the New York skyline. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images

Indiana House lawmakers on Monday used procedural rules to block a vote on adopting an amendment on a bill that would prohibit businesses from asking about a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status.

The amendment to SB 325 was offered by Rep. Brad Barrett (R-Richmond), a retired physician, which states that government and businesses cannot “require a member of the public to provide documentation regarding an individual’s vaccination status.”