The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418, §§ 418.012, 418.016, 418.018
- Issued
- 2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-28 12:00 noon (read as 2020-03-28)
- End
- Rescinded and restated by GA-20 (Apr. 27, 2020, effective May 1, 2020); quarantine list terminated May 21, 2020 (GA-24) (read as 2020-04-27)
- In force
- Mar. 28, 2020 to Apr. 27, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- every person entering Texas as final destination through an airport from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut or the City of New Orleans
- Texas Department of Public Safety
- Functions reached
- TV
- WF
- CB
- MK
- HR travel-dependent recruiting
- Collection
- Travel, gatherings, courts and public offices ECO-C
Operative words
Every person who enters the State of Texas as the final destination through an airport, from a point of origin or point of last departure in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or the City of New Orleans, or in any other state or city as may be proclaimed hereafter, shall be subject to mandatory self-quarantine for a period of 14 days from the time of entry into Texas or the duration of the person's presence in Texas, whichever is shorter.
Enforcement
Tex. Gov't Code § 418.173: fine up to $1,000, confinement up to 180 days, or both; DPS collects forms on disembarkation, escorts symptomatic travelers, conducts unannounced visits; false form is an offense under Penal Code § 37.10
Notes
Exempted travel in connection with commercial activity, military, emergency and health response, critical infrastructure.
Retrieval noteLegislative Reference Library scan of the filed order.