COLUMBIA, Mo. – Governor Mike Parson won’t require “vaccine passports” in Missouri. He did however say he’s OK with private companies adopting them.

Parson spoke today during his afternoon press briefing regarding COVID-19.

With vaccine passports, travelers could document that they got the COVID-19 vaccination, or at least recently tested negative for the virus.

Technology companies and travel-related trade groups are developing and testing out vaccine passports to encourage travel.

Some Republican lawmakers in Missouri have raised concerns with the concept of health certificates or travel passes. They say requiring the documents would infringe on people’s right to travel and want to ban them.