The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418, sections 418.012,.016,.018,.173
- Issued
- 2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
- Effective
- 11:59 p.m. March 20, 2020 through 11:59 p.m. April 3, 2020 (read as 2020-03-20)
- End
- Extended by GA-14 (Mar. 31, 2020; schools closed through May 4, 2020) and GA-16 (Apr. 17, 2020; schools closed for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year) (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 20, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders
- Addressees
- every person in Texas
- schools
- bars, restaurants, gyms
- nursing homes
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Education and Child Care SEC-15
Operative words
.. hereby order the following on a statewide basis effective 11:59 p.m. on March 20, 2020, and continuing until 11:59 p.m. on April 3, 2020, subject to extension... In accordance with the Guidelines from the President and the CDC, every person in Texas shall avoid social gatherings in groups of more than 10 people.... In accordance with the Guidelines from the President and the CDC, schools shall temporarily close.
Enforcement
Tex. Gov't Code 418.173 (fine up to $1,000; confinement up to 180 days)
Notes
'Schools shall temporarily close' reached every public and private school in Texas from March 20, 2020; GA-14 and GA-16 carried the closure to the end of the year.