Founder of a group called Let Them Play, McElvany questioned mask mandates and the science behind state COVID-19 data during a legislative hearing that didn't feature any witnesses from the other side.
The committee chairman, Republican Rep. Steven Johnson, said the state health department was invited to testify but did not.
In Tennessee, a Republican lawmaker is pushing legislation that would ban most government agencies from requiring anyone to get COVID-19 vaccines, which isn't a mandate anywhere.
“Some call ‘misinformation’ information they do not agree with or do not want to hear,” Reinbold said by email.
Several of those who are spreading bogus virus information in legislatures also have supported Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.