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The Texas file holds 69 instruments from the State's governor, health authorities, courts and agencies, 67 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. 679 records in the Library resolve to Texas in all, counting its metros, the agency clusters and the standing duties.
Code TXFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 20, 2020 Ex. TX-003End of general restrictions Mar. 10, 2021Orders reaching 2021 Q3 22Primary source read 66 Confirmed from a secondary source 3
The record in brief
Texas regulated commerce, travel and group meetings by a continuous chain of gubernatorial executive orders with the force and effect of law (Tex. Gov't Code § 418.012), issued under a statewide disaster proclamation of March 13, 2020 that was renewed every thirty days through and beyond September 30, 2021 (Exs. TX-001, TX-051, TX-027, TX-028, TX-038; GA-34, GA-35, GA-37 and GA-38 each recite that the Governor 'in each subsequent month effective through today' renewed the declaration). Every order recites Tex. Gov't Code § 418.173, under which failure to comply is an offense punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 (and, until GA-22 of May 7, 2020, confinement up to 180 days). 2020 Q2 (with the March 13-31 run-up): GA-08 (effective March 20, 2020) ordered every person to avoid gatherings over ten, closed dine-in service at bars, restaurants and food courts, closed gyms, barred nursing-home visits and closed schools, and directed that employees 'where feasible, work from home'; GA-09 (March 22) ordered all licensed health care professionals and facilities to postpone every surgery and procedure not immediately medically necessary; GA-11 and GA-12 (March 28 and 30) imposed DPS-enforced fourteen-day quarantines on air travelers from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Orleans, California, Washington, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit and Miami and on road travelers from Louisiana; GA-14 (effective April 2) confined every person to 'essential services' (CISA Version 2.0 plus religious services), directed that 'all services should be provided through remote telework from home unless they are essential services that cannot be provided through remote telework,' closed salons, massage and tattoo studios, gyms, bars and dine-in restaurants, and kept schools closed; GA-16 (April 17) closed schools for the rest of the school year and permitted retail-to-go from April 24; GA-18 (May 1) reopened retail, restaurants, theaters, malls, museums and libraries at 25 percent (bars, gyms, salons, pools, arcades closed); GA-21 reopened salons on May 8 with six-foot station spacing and, from May 18, non-essential offices at 'the greater of (i) five individuals, or (ii) 25 percent of the total office workforce,' manufacturing at 25 percent and gyms at 25 percent; GA-23 (May 18-22) moved restaurants to 50 percent, opened bars at 25 percent, offices to the greater of ten or 25 percent, and reopened child care and personal care; GA-26 (June 3) set 50 percent for every business establishment (75 percent for restaurants from June 12), with staff counted for offices and manufacturing and outdoor gatherings over 500 subject to local approval; GA-27 and GA-28 (June 25-26) re-suspended hospital elective procedures in the four largest counties, closed bars, cut restaurants back to 50 percent, prohibited outdoor gatherings over 100 without mayoral or county-judge approval and closed rafting and tubing. 2020 Q3: GA-28 and GA-27 (as expanded) governed on July 1; GA-29 (effective July 3) imposed a statewide face-covering mandate inside every commercial entity and in public spaces, enforced by fines of up to $250 after a warning, and empowered local officials to restrict outdoor gatherings over ten; GA-30 (September 21) allowed retail, restaurants, non-CISA offices, manufacturers, museums and gyms to 75 percent outside Trauma Service Areas with COVID-19 hospitalizations over 15 percent, kept bars closed and barred groups over ten; GA-31 (September 17) required every hospital to reserve 10 percent of capacity and to postpone electives in high-hospitalization areas. 2020 Q4: GA-32 (October 14) set 75 percent for every business, let county judges opt bars in at 50 percent, and imposed an automatic rollback to 50 percent occupancy with bars closed in every Trauma Service Area over the 15 percent threshold; the winter re-tightening operated through that trigger, and by January 15, 2021 DSHS listed eighteen of the State's twenty-two Trauma Service Areas, including Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, Lubbock, Amarillo, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley, as under the rollback (Ex. TX-026), with GA-31's elective-procedure postponement in force in each; El Paso County's two-week closure and curfew order of October 29, 2020 operated until the Eighth Court of Appeals held it preempted by GA-32 on November 13, 2020 (Ex. TX-047). 2021 Q1: GA-32, GA-29 and GA-31 governed from January 1 until GA-34 (issued March 2, effective March 10, 2021) declared 'no COVID-19-related operating limits for any business or other establishment' outside high-hospitalization areas, rescinded the mask mandate and the elective-procedure order, and confined county judges to mitigation of not less than 50 percent occupancy without mask penalties; the Supreme Court of Texas's Twenty-Ninth and Thirty-Third Emergency Orders barred in-person jury proceedings in justice and municipal courts through April 1, 2021 and required approved plans elsewhere. 2021 Q2: GA-34's residual county-judge mitigation, TEA school mask policies (to June 4 under GA-36), TSBDE Emergency Rule 108.7 (to June 18), the DMV waiver (to April 14), the court emergency orders, and the new vaccination-proof prohibitions (GA-35, April 5; SB 968, June 16) were in force; HB 1239 (June 16) barred any order closing places of worship. 2021 Q3: the disaster declaration (renewed August 29), GA-34 to July 28 and GA-38 from July 29 (daily hospital and test-result reporting by 'every public or private entity' that tests; no governmental mask or vaccination mandates; no vaccination-proof conditions by publicly funded entities; long-term care under HHSC visitation guidance; schools under TEA protocols), GA-37 (July 28: DPS to stop and impound vehicles transporting migrants, until enjoined), GA-39 (August 25), SB 968 and HB 1239, the Supreme Court's Thirty-Eighth, Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Emergency Orders (remote proceedings; mandatory eviction-diversion abatements; local health protocols), TEA's August 5, August 19 and September 2, 2021 guidance (mandatory exclusion of positive students and staff under DSHS rule 25 TAC § 97.7, notification, 10-14 day stay-home periods for close contacts) and the August 2021 local mask-order litigation (Supreme Court stays of August 15 and 26; TEA's announcement that GA-38's mask provisions were 'not being enforced as the result of ongoing litigation') were in force. The State issued no health-care-worker or State-employee vaccination mandate; it prohibited them.
The six quarters
What the record shows in force in Texas on the first day and the last day of each quarter. Every exhibit named here opens its record. The orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, because wages paid after March 12, 2020 fall in that quarter.
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| 2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally → | April 1, 2020: GA-08 in force (gatherings over 10 barred; no dine-in or bar service; gyms closed; no long-term care visits; schools closed; work from home where feasible) (Ex. TX-003); GA-09 elective-procedure postponement for all licensed professionals and facilities (Ex. TX-004); GA-10 reporting (Ex. TX-005); GA-11 and GA-12 travel quarantines (Exs. TX-006, TX-007); GA-14 took effect at 12:01 a.m. April 2 (Ex. TX-008); Supreme Court First and Fourth Emergency Orders (remote proceedings; eviction stay) (Exs. TX-048, TX-057); Open Meetings Act suspension (Ex. TX-002); TDI emergency telemedicine rule (Ex. TX-049); DMV waiver (Ex. TX-069). | June 30, 2020: GA-28 (bars closed; every business at 50 percent; restaurants 50 percent from June 29; outdoor gatherings over 100 prohibited without local approval; rafting and tubing closed; no long-term care visits) (Ex. TX-021); GA-27 hospital elective postponement in Bexar, Dallas, Harris and Travis counties (expanded by proclamation) (Ex. TX-020); GA-19 (15 percent hospital capacity reserve; licensing-board emergency rules) (Ex. TX-012); GA-25 jail visitation closed (Ex. TX-018); Supreme Court Seventeenth Emergency Order (no jury trials before Aug. 1; in-person proceedings only under approved plans) (Ex. TX-059). |
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| 2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally → | July 1, 2020: GA-28 and GA-27 as on June 30; GA-29 mask mandate took effect at 12:01 p.m. July 3 (Ex. TX-022); Seventeenth Emergency Order (Ex. TX-059); Open Meetings suspension; DMV waiver; TEA SY 20-21 guidance issued July 7 (version of July 28 saved, Ex. TX-052). | September 30, 2020: GA-30 (75 percent for retail, restaurants, offices, manufacturers, gyms outside high-hospitalization TSAs; 50 percent otherwise; bars closed; groups over 10 barred; outdoor gatherings over 10 need local approval) (Ex. TX-023); GA-29 masks (Ex. TX-022); GA-31 (10 percent hospital reserve; electives postponed in high-hospitalization TSAs) (Ex. TX-024); GA-25; Supreme Court Twenty-Sixth and Twenty-Seventh Emergency Orders (jury restrictions; Eviction Diversion Program) (Ex. TX-060); TSBDE Emergency Rule 108.7 (from Aug. 25) (Exs. TX-054, TX-056); TEA guidance (Ex. TX-052); disaster renewed Sept. 7. |
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| 2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally → | October 1, 2020: GA-30, GA-29, GA-31, GA-25 as on Sept. 30; GA-32 took effect Oct. 14 (Ex. TX-025). | December 31, 2020: GA-32 (75 percent; 50 percent and bars closed in high-hospitalization TSAs, which by then included El Paso, Amarillo, Lubbock, Dallas/Fort Worth and others (Ex. TX-026 lists eighteen TSAs at Jan. 15, 2021)); GA-29 masks; GA-31 electives postponed in those TSAs; GA-25; Supreme Court Twenty-Ninth Emergency Order (no in-person jury proceedings in justice and municipal courts before Feb. 1, 2021; approved plans elsewhere) (Ex. TX-061); Eviction Diversion Program orders; TSBDE 108.7; TEA guidance (masks per GA-29; exclusion; 14-day close-contact quarantine); disaster renewed Dec. 6 (Ex. TX-027). |
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| 2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally → | January 1, 2021: as on Dec. 31, 2020; disaster renewed Jan. 5 (Ex. TX-028); Thirty-Third Emergency Order Jan. 14 (Ex. TX-062). | March 31, 2021: GA-34 (from Mar. 10: no operating limits outside high-hospitalization TSAs; no mask mandate; county judges may impose mitigation to 50 percent in high-hospitalization TSAs) (Ex. TX-029); GA-10 reporting; TEA school protocols including masks; HHSC long-term care guidance; TSBDE 108.7 as amended Feb. 19 (Ex. TX-055); DMV waiver (to Apr. 14) (Ex. TX-069); Eviction Diversion orders; Open Meetings suspension. |
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| 2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally → | April 1, 2021: GA-34; GA-10; GA-35 from Apr. 5 (Ex. TX-030); TEA masks in schools; TSBDE 108.7; DMV waiver to Apr. 14; Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order; Eviction Diversion; Open Meetings suspension. | June 30, 2021: GA-34 (as modified by GA-36's mask-mandate prohibition, Ex. TX-031); GA-35; SB 968 (Ex. TX-032) and HB 1239 (Ex. TX-034) from June 16; HB 1024 alcohol-to-go (Ex. TX-033); GA-10; Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order (Ex. TX-064) and Thirty-Seventh (eviction diversion); Open Meetings suspension (to Sept. 1); HHSC long-term care guidance. |
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| 2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally → | July 1, 2021: disaster declaration; GA-34 as modified by GA-36; GA-35; GA-10; SB 968; HB 1239; HB 1024; Thirty-Eighth and Thirty-Seventh Emergency Orders; Open Meetings suspension; HHSC long-term care guidance; TEA guidance for the coming school year pending (issued Aug. 5). | GA-38 (Ex. TX-036) with ¶ 2 superseded by GA-39 (Ex. TX-037); SB 968; HB 1239; HB 1024; Supreme Court Fortieth (to Oct. 1) and Thirty-Ninth (eviction diversion, to Oct. 1) Emergency Orders (Exs. TX-040, TX-041), with the Forty-Third issued Sept. 21 to take effect Oct. 1 (Ex. TX-065); TEA Public Health Guidance of Sept. 2, 2021 (mandatory exclusion and notification; mask provision of GA-38 not enforced pending litigation) (Ex. TX-053); Supreme Court stays of Aug. 15 and 26 in In re Abbott (Exs. TX-044 to TX-046); HHSC long-term care visitation and infection-control guidance under GA-38 ¶ 3.d. |
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The end of general restrictions
The day the general business restrictions ended in Texas, the instrument that ended them, and what the record shows still in force afterward. The end of the general orders is not the end of the record: sector rules, standing duties and the federal layer continue past it.
End of general restrictions
Instrument Executive Order GA-34 (issued March 2, 2021) (Ex. TX-029)
What remained in force
The statewide disaster declaration (renewed monthly through and beyond Sept. 30, 2021); GA-10's daily hospital and test-result reporting (restated in GA-38 ¶ 1); GA-34 ¶ 2's authorization for county judges in high-hospitalization Trauma Service Areas to impose mitigation of not less than 50 percent occupancy (removed by GA-38 on July 29, 2021); TEA's school protocols including masking until June 4, 2021 (GA-36) and, from August 2021, exclusion and notification rules under GA-38; HHSC long-term care visitation and infection-control guidance (GA-34 ¶ 5, GA-38 ¶ 3.d); TSBDE Emergency Rule 108.7 (to June 18, 2021); the Governor's vehicle title and registration waiver (to April 14, 2021); the Supreme Court of Texas emergency orders (remote proceedings, jury plans, eviction diversion) through 2021 and into 2022; the vaccination-proof prohibitions of GA-35 (April 5, 2021), SB 968 (June 16, 2021), GA-38 ¶ 2 and GA-39 (Aug. 25, 2021); GA-37's transportation restriction (July 28, 2021, until enjoined).
Preemption of local orders
From GA-14 (effective April 2, 2020) every general order provided that it 'shall supersede any conflicting order issued by local officials in response to the COVID-19 disaster, but only to the extent that such a local order restricts essential services allowed by this executive order or allows gatherings prohibited by this executive order,' and suspended Gov't Code §§ 418.1015(b) and 418.108 and Health & Safety Code ch. 81, subch. E to that extent; GA-18 (April 27, 2020) extended preemption to local orders that 'expand the list of essential services or the list or scope of reopened services'; GA-18, GA-21, GA-23, GA-26 and GA-28 provided that 'no jurisdiction can impose a civil or criminal penalty for failure to wear a face covering' (local governments responded in June 2020 with orders requiring businesses to adopt mask policies, which the Governor accepted and then ratified by GA-29's deletion of the no-penalty clause on July 2, 2020); GA-22 (May 7, 2020) eliminated confinement as a penalty under any State or local COVID-19 order, retroactive to April 2, 2020; GA-26, GA-28, GA-30 and GA-32 let mayors and county judges approve or restrict outdoor gatherings (over 500, then over 100, then over 10); GA-32's preemption clause was enforced against El Paso County's business-closure and curfew order of October 29, 2020 by the Eighth Court of Appeals on November 13, 2020 (Ex. TX-047); GA-34 (March 10, 2021) barred any jurisdiction from requiring or mandating face coverings and limited county judges to mitigation of not less than 50 percent occupancy in high-hospitalization areas; GA-36 (May 18, 2021) prohibited every governmental entity and official, including school districts and public health authorities, from requiring face coverings, subject to a fine of up to $1,000 from May 21, 2021 (schools from June 4, 2021); GA-38 (July 29, 2021) consolidated the prohibitions and superseded all conflicting local orders; when Dallas, Bexar, Harris and other counties and dozens of school districts imposed mask mandates on August 10-11, 2021, the Supreme Court of Texas stayed the trial-court orders enjoining GA-38 on August 15, 2021 (Exs. TX-044, TX-045) and the Fourth Court of Appeals' order on August 26, 2021 (Ex. TX-046), while TEA announced on August 19, 2021 that GA-38's mask provisions were 'not being enforced as the result of ongoing litigation' (Ex. TX-053), so school-district mandates operated in fact for the rest of 2021 Q3. Local instruments for the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin metropolitan areas belong to the DFW, HOU, SAT and AUS metro files; El Paso is covered here through Ex. TX-047.
Third quarter of 2021
July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in Texas. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →
In force (15)
- TX-001/TX-038 disaster declaration (renewed Aug. 29, 2021; chain recited in GA-38)
- TX-029 GA-34 (July 1-28, 2021) as modified by TX-031 GA-36
- TX-036 GA-38 (from July 29, 2021): daily hospital and test-result reporting by every testing entity; no governmental mask or vaccination mandates; no vaccination-proof conditions by publicly funded entities; long-term care under HHSC guidance; schools under TEA protocols; $1,000 fines on local officials imposing limits
- TX-037 GA-39 (from Aug. 25, 2021)
- TX-030 GA-35 (to July 29, then restated in GA-38 ¶ 2)
- TX-005 GA-10 reporting (restated in GA-38 ¶ 1)
- TX-032 SB 968, Health & Safety Code § 161.0085 (businesses may not require customers' vaccination documentation)
- TX-034 HB 1239 (no order may close places of worship)
- TX-033 HB 1024 (alcohol to-go permanent)
- TX-064 Supreme Court Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order (July 1-31)
- TX-040 Fortieth Emergency Order (Aug. 1 - Oct. 1; local court health protocols expire Sept. 1 unless readopted)
- TX-041 Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order (Eviction Diversion Program procedures, to Oct. 1) and the Forty-Second (Aug. 2021, not saved)
- TX-053 TEA Public Health Guidance (Aug. 5, Aug. 19, Sept. 2, 2021): mandatory exclusion of positive students and staff under DSHS 25 TAC § 97.7; parental and health-department notification; 10-14 day stay-home for close contacts; mask provisions of GA-38 not enforced
- TX-044/TX-045/TX-046 Supreme Court stays of Aug. 15 and 26, 2021 in the local mask-order litigation (school-district and county mask mandates of Aug. 10-11, 2021 operated in fact pending litigation; the local orders are in the DFW, HOU, SAT and AUS metro files)
- TX-002 Open Meetings Act suspension (to Sept. 1, 2021)
Sector chronology
How the orders reached each kind of business in Texas, sector by sector, in the order the record gives. Open a sector to read its chronology; every exhibit named opens its record.
Restaurants and bars
Dine-in and bar service closed Mar. 20, 2020 (GA-08; pickup, drive-thru and delivery only; alcohol-to-go waiver Mar. 18, 2020) through Apr. 30; restaurants 25% May 1 (GA-18), 50% May 22 (GA-23), 75% June 12 (GA-26), back to 50% June 29 (GA-28), 75% Sept. 21 outside high-hospitalization TSAs (GA-30), 75%/50% Oct. 14 - Mar. 9 (GA-32); bars closed Mar. 20 - May 21, 25% May 22, 50% June 3 (seated only), closed June 26 - Oct. 13, 50% from Oct. 14 only by county-judge TABC opt-in and only outside high-hospitalization TSAs (closed in 18 TSAs by Jan. 2021), 100% Mar. 10, 2021 (GA-34); TABC food-and-beverage certificate reclassification Aug. 2020; HB 1024 made alcohol-to-go permanent May 12, 2021.
Retail
Non-essential in-store retail closed Apr. 2, 2020 (GA-14; CISA V2.0 essential list); retail-to-go Apr. 24 (GA-16); 25% May 1 (GA-18; malls 25%, food courts and play areas closed); 50% June 3 (GA-26); 75% Sept. 21 outside high-hospitalization TSAs (GA-30); 75%/50% Oct. 14 - Mar. 9, 2021 (GA-32; 50% in 18 TSAs by Jan. 2021); no limits Mar. 10, 2021 (GA-34); customer masking required July 3, 2020 - Mar. 10, 2021 (GA-29).
Personal care
Cosmetology salons, massage, tattoo and piercing closed Apr. 2, 2020 (GA-14; gyms and massage from Mar. 20 under GA-08); salons, barbers, nail and tanning salons reopened May 8, 2020 with six feet between stations (GA-21; GA-22 of May 7 made the reopening retroactive to Apr. 2 to nullify jail sentences); massage, tattoo, piercing, hair-removal services May 18 (GA-23; May 29 in five Panhandle and El Paso counties); station-spacing condition through GA-32; no limits Mar. 10, 2021.
Fitness and entertainment
Gyms closed Mar. 20, 2020 (GA-08) to May 17; gyms 25% May 18 (GA-21; locker rooms closed), 50% June 3, 75% Sept. 21 (GA-30), 75%/50% under GA-32; movie theaters 25% May 1, 50% June 3; bowling alleys, bingo, skating rinks, aquariums 25% May 22 (GA-23); zoos outdoor 25% May 29; amusement parks 50% June 3 (June 19 in counties over 1,000 cases) (GA-26); professional sports without spectators May 31 (GA-23), then 50% of normal operating limits (GA-26, GA-28, GA-32); rafting and tubing closed June 26 - Oct. 13 (GA-28, GA-30); no limits Mar. 10, 2021.
Hotels and short-term rentals
No statewide lodging ban; hotels were the designated quarantine locations under GA-11 and GA-12 (Mar. 28 - May 21, 2020); hotel restaurants, bars, pools, gyms and meeting and banquet spaces were subject to the same closures and 25/50/75 percent limits and to the outdoor-gathering caps (GA-18 through GA-32); GA-18 prohibited valet services; convention and trade-show business limited by the gathering and occupancy regime through Mar. 9, 2021.
Offices and telework
GA-08 (Mar. 20, 2020): employees 'should... where feasible, work from home'; GA-14 (Apr. 2): 'all services should be provided through remote telework from home unless they are essential services that cannot be provided through remote telework'; GA-18 (May 1): only 'services provided by an individual working alone in an office'; GA-21 (May 18): offices at 'the greater of (i) five individuals, or (ii) 25 percent of the total office workforce'; GA-23 (May 18): the greater of ten or 25% (non-CISA); GA-26 (June 3): 50% with staff counted; GA-30 (Sept. 21): non-CISA office buildings 75% outside high-hospitalization TSAs; GA-32 (Oct. 14): 75%/50%, staff counted; no limits Mar. 10, 2021; Open Meetings Act suspension Mar. 16, 2020 - Sept. 1, 2021 for every public body.
Manufacturing
CISA-listed manufacturing essential; non-CISA manufacturing barred from in-person operation Apr. 2 - May 17, 2020 (GA-14, GA-16, GA-18), 25% occupancy with staff counted May 18 (GA-21, GA-23), 50% June 3 (GA-26, GA-28), 75% Sept. 21 outside high-hospitalization TSAs (GA-30), 75%/50% Oct. 14, 2020 - Mar. 9, 2021 (GA-32); customer and supplier closures in other States and the federal border and entry layer reached Texas plants throughout.
Construction
CISA-essential throughout; no statewide closure; distancing and DSHS minimum standard protocols (Open Texas report, Apr. 27, 2020); GA-14's remote-telework directive for office functions; local permitting, inspection and recording offices limited until GA-18 ¶ 2(i) restored 'local government operations, including... permitting, recordation, and document-filing services, as determined by the local government' from May 1, 2020; local orders (Austin, Dallas, Harris) in the metro files.
Real estate
Essential (CISA financial and real-estate functions); local recording and permitting offices limited until May 1, 2020 (GA-18 ¶ 2(i)); Supreme Court eviction stay Mar. 19 - May 18/25, 2020 (Fourth, Ninth, Twelfth Emergency Orders); mandatory Texas Eviction Diversion Program procedures (60-day abatements, confidential records) from Sept. 17, 2020 through 2021 Q3 and beyond (Twenty-Seventh, Thirty-Seventh, Thirty-Ninth, Forty-Second, Forty-Fourth Emergency Orders); TDI title and escrow bulletins (B-0010-20, Mar. 25, 2020; B-0027-20, May 21, 2020; index read).
Hospitals and long-term care
GA-08 ¶ 3 (Mar. 20, 2020): no nursing-home or long-term care visits except critical assistance, continued by GA-14, GA-16, GA-18, GA-21, GA-23, GA-26 and GA-28 (to Sept. 20, 2020); GA-30 ¶ 17 (Sept. 21): visits only 'as determined through guidance from' HHSC, continued by GA-32, GA-34 ¶ 5 and GA-38 ¶ 3.d through 2021 Q3; GA-10 (Mar. 24, 2020 -) daily bed-capacity and test-result reporting, restated in GA-38 ¶ 1; capacity reserves 25% (GA-15), 15% (GA-19), 10% (GA-31); GA-09 suspension of 25 TAC ch. 133 licensing rules for surge.
Dental and elective health care
GA-09 (Mar. 22 - Apr. 21, 2020): all licensed professionals and facilities postpone every procedure not immediately medically necessary; GA-15 (Apr. 22 - May 8): electives only at facilities reserving 25% capacity and forgoing public PPE; GA-19 (May 1): licensed professionals bound by licensing-board emergency rules; TDI 28 TAC § 35.1 telemedicine parity (Mar. 17, 2020); TSBDE Emergency Rule 108.7 (Aug. 25, 2020 - Feb. 19, 2021; amended to June 18, 2021); GA-27 (June 26, 2020) and GA-31 (Sept. 17, 2020 - Mar. 10, 2021) hospital elective postponement in the largest counties and then in high-hospitalization TSAs (18 TSAs by Jan. 15, 2021).
Schools
Closed Mar. 20, 2020 (GA-08), to May 4 (GA-14), then for the rest of 2019-20 (GA-16, GA-18, GA-21); summer and 2020-21 operations 'as provided by, and under the minimum standard health protocols found in, guidance issued by' TEA (GA-26 through GA-34); TEA SY 20-21 guidance (July 7/28, 2020): required on-campus option, remote instruction, daily screening, exclusion, 14-day close-contact quarantine, masks per GA-29; school masks to June 4, 2021 (GA-36); GA-38 (July 29, 2021) bars school mask mandates; TEA Aug. 5, Aug. 19 and Sept. 2, 2021 guidance: mandatory exclusion of positive students and staff under DSHS 25 TAC § 97.7, notification, 10-14 day stay-home for close contacts, mask provision not enforced pending litigation; school-district mandates and the Supreme Court stays of Aug. 15 and 26, 2021.
Child care
Child care treated as essential under GA-14 (CISA V2.0) for essential workers; GA-23 ¶ 17(c) (May 18, 2020) reopened child-care services generally 'only as permitted by Texas law'; no occupancy limit under GA-26 through GA-32.
Worship and gatherings
Gatherings over 10 to be avoided Mar. 20, 2020 (GA-08); religious services 'essential' but to be conducted remotely if possible and under AG-Governor guidance Apr. 2 (GA-14, GA-16); groups over 10 barred and six-foot distancing required outside covered services (GA-26 'should not,' GA-30 and GA-32 'shall not be in groups larger than 10'); outdoor gatherings over 500 (GA-26, June 3), over 100 (GA-28, June 26) and over 10 (GA-29 local power July 3; GA-30 Sept. 21; GA-32) prohibited without mayoral or county-judge approval until Mar. 10, 2021; wedding venues 25% May 5 (GA-21); HB 1239 (June 16, 2021) bars any future order closing places of worship.
Courts and public offices
Supreme Court First Emergency Order Mar. 13, 2020 (deadlines suspended; remote proceedings) renewed continuously through the Forty-Fifth (Nov. 23, 2021); no jury proceedings before Aug. 1, 2020 (Seventeenth); no in-person jury proceedings in justice and municipal courts before Feb. 1, 2021 (Twenty-Ninth) and Apr. 1, 2021 (Thirty-Third); Fortieth (Aug. 1 - Oct. 1, 2021) and Forty-Third (Oct. 1 - Dec. 1, 2021); jails closed to visitation May 22, 2020 - Mar. 10, 2021 (GA-25); Open Meetings Act suspension Mar. 16, 2020 - Sept. 1, 2021; DMV title and registration waiver Mar. 16, 2020 - Apr. 14, 2021 with tax offices by appointment.
Travel and quarantine
GA-11 (Mar. 28, 2020): 14-day DPS-enforced quarantine for air travelers from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and New Orleans; Mar. 29 proclamation added California, Washington, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Miami; GA-12 (Mar. 30): road travelers from Louisiana with DPS border checkpoints; GA-20 (May 1): Louisiana lifted, nine air jurisdictions kept; GA-24 (May 21, 2020): all terminated.
Face coverings
GA-18 through GA-28 (Apr. 27 - July 2, 2020): 'no jurisdiction can impose a civil or criminal penalty for failure to wear a face covering' (local business-policy mandates from June 2020 in the metro files); GA-29 (July 3, 2020 - Mar. 10, 2021): statewide mandate inside every commercial entity and in public where distancing infeasible, $250 fines after warning, county opt-out under 20 active cases; GA-34 (Mar. 10, 2021): no jurisdiction may require masks; GA-36 (May 18/21, 2021): $1,000 fines on governmental entities and officials; schools to June 4; GA-38 (July 29, 2021); Aug. 2021 local orders and Supreme Court stays; TEA non-enforcement announcement Aug. 19, 2021.
Vaccination mandates
None imposed by the State on health-care workers or State employees; the State prohibited governmental mandates and vaccination-proof conditions: GA-35 (Apr. 5, 2021), SB 968 § 161.0085 (June 16, 2021; businesses may not require customer vaccination documentation; state licenses may be conditioned on compliance), GA-38 ¶ 2 (July 29, 2021), GA-39 (Aug. 25, 2021), and post-period GA-40 (Oct. 11, 2021; no entity may compel vaccination of objecting employees or consumers). Long-term care facilities may require resident documentation (GA-35 ¶ 4, GA-38 ¶ 2.d, GA-39 ¶ 4).
Standing duties
The statutes, codes and penalty provisions of Texas that stood before March 2020 and ran through every claimable quarter. They are the reason nothing an employer did under the orders was voluntary. Read the Texas duties →
Texas bound every employer through four standing layers of law that predated March 2020 and ran through every claimable quarter, and the Governor's orders, the Commissioner's declaration and the 2021 liability shield each operated inside them. First, the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act, Health and Safety Code chapter 81. Section 81.002 states the duty in eleven words: 'Each person shall act responsibly to prevent and control communicable disease' (Ex. DUT-TX-001). Section 81.081 commands the Department of State Health Services to 'impose control measures to prevent the spread of disease'; section 81.082 gives every local health authority 'supervisory authority and control over the administration of communicable disease control measures' in its jurisdiction and lists the measures, including restriction, disinfection, decontamination, isolation and quarantine, which 'may be imposed on an individual, animal, place, or object' (Ex. DUT-TX-002); section 81.083 lets the department or a health authority order individuals and groups of five or more to 'implement control measures that are reasonable and necessary' (Ex. DUT-TX-003); section 81.084 lets it order 'a person who owns or controls property' to disinfect, decontaminate or 'securely seal off' the premises, at the owner's expense, with injunctive relief on refusal (Ex. DUT-TX-004); section 81.085 authorizes area quarantine with 'additional disease control measures' and makes knowing refusal to obey a published order a third-degree felony (Ex. DUT-TX-005); section 81.087 makes knowing refusal to perform or allow control measures a Class B misdemeanor (Ex. DUT-TX-006). Chapter 121 makes the local health authority 'a state officer' who 'shall perform each duty that is necessary to implement and enforce a law to protect the public health,' including 'establishing, maintaining, and enforcing quarantine' (Ex. DUT-TX-007). On March 19, 2020 Commissioner Hellerstedt declared a public health disaster under chapter 81, and the Department's release states that the declaration 'cites the requirement under Section 81.002 of the Texas Health and Safety Code that "each person shall act responsibly to prevent and control communicable disease"' and that, to do so, 'People, businesses and communities should immediately undertake hygiene, cleanliness and sanitation practices' (Exs. DUT-TX-008, DUT-TX-009). Second, the Texas Disaster Act, Government Code chapter 418. Section 418.012 provides that the Governor's executive orders 'have the force and effect of law' (Ex. DUT-TX-010); sections 418.018(c) and 418.108(g) give the Governor, county judges and mayors control over 'the movement of persons and the occupancy of premises' in a disaster area (Ex. DUT-TX-011); section 418.173 makes failure to comply with an order adopted under the emergency management plan an offense punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and confinement of up to 180 days (Ex. DUT-TX-012), a penalty every general order recited (Exs. TX-008, TX-021, TX-022, TX-036). Third, the workplace duty. Labor Code section 411.103 commands that 'each employer shall' provide 'a place of employment that is reasonably safe and healthful,' use 'methods of sanitation and hygiene' reasonably necessary to protect employees and 'take all other actions reasonably necessary to make the employment and place of employment safe' (Ex. DUT-TX-013); Texas has no State OSHA plan for private employers, so the federal general duty clause, 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1) (Ex. DUT-AL-009), and OSHA's COVID-19 guidance (Exs. FED-088, FED-089) supplied the federal layer of the same duty, and the Texas Medical Board and State Board of Dental Examiners wrote COVID-19 minimum standards into their practice rules (Exs. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-046, TX-054, TX-055). Fourth, the liability shield. Senate Bill 6, the Pandemic Liability Protection Act, effective June 14, 2021 and applicable to every action commenced on or after March 13, 2020 (Ex. DUT-TX-014), protects a business from exposure liability unless it 'knowingly failed to implement or comply with government-promulgated standards, guidance, or protocols intended to lower the likelihood of exposure to the disease that were applicable to the person or the person's business' (Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 148.003(a)(1)(B), Ex. DUT-TX-015): the Legislature made compliance with the governmental protocols the standard of care for the whole claim period. The sanitary code supplied the enforcement vehicle for premises open to the public: a food establishment 'not constantly maintained in a sanitary condition' and any 'object, place, or condition that is a possible and probable medium of disease transmission to or between humans' is a public health nuisance (Ex. DUT-TX-016), each day of violation a separate offense (Ex. DUT-TX-017), and the Department 'shall suspend the license' of, or 'order the immediate closing' of, a food establishment whose violation 'creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of the public' (Ex. DUT-TX-018). The operating conditions of the orders themselves are recorded exactly: occupancy limits, closures, the group cap and the face-covering rule were 'shall' commands (Exs. TX-011, TX-021, TX-022, TX-023, TX-025); the DSHS minimum standard health protocols were incorporated with 'should follow' and 'should use good-faith efforts' from April 27, 2020 to March 9, 2021 (Exs. TX-011, TX-014, TX-016, TX-019, TX-021, TX-023, TX-025) and with 'strongly encouraged' from March 10, 2021 (Exs. TX-029, TX-036); the protocols describe themselves as 'the minimum recommended health protocols for all businesses choosing to operate in Texas' (Exs. TX-043, DUT-TX-020). Those recommendations became compulsory through the three instruments that incorporated them: section 411.103's duty to take 'all other actions reasonably necessary,' the general duty clause, and section 148.003's condition. The Eighth Court of Appeals held that GA-32's 'declarations regarding occupancy, the size of group meetings, activities that person may engage in, and the conduct of business' 'become state law' (Ex. TX-047 at 12), and the Fifth Circuit held that 'when faced with a society-threatening epidemic, a state may implement emergency measures that curtail constitutional rights' (Ex. DUT-TX-021 at 13). Nothing an employer did to comply with these layers was voluntary within Notice 2021-20 Q&A-14.
The question these duties answerWhether the measures Texas employers took beyond the words of the emergency orders were 'voluntary' within Notice 2021-20 Q&A-14, or were compelled by standing legal duties that bound employers independent of, and in addition to, the orders already in the Orders Library.
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- 3 Statutory duty
- 2 Guidance incorporated
- 2 Liability shield condition
- 2 Sanitary code duty
- 1 Adjudication
- 1 Executive declaration
- 1 Workplace duty
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Every dated instrument in the Texas file across the nineteen months from March 2020 through September 2021, in the order it took effect. A bar takes the color of the instrument's first limitation type and runs from its effective month through its end month; a fading edge marks an instrument whose end the record does not date. Point at a bar for its dates; open the bar for the record.
Emergency declaration 5Stay-at-home 5Business closure 14Telework mandate 7Capacity limit 11Gathering cap 16Face-covering requirement 11Travel and quarantine 5Schools and child care 15Health care orders 24Curfew and hours 1Alcohol and bars 8Events and venues 6Courts and public offices 21Workplace rules 12Vaccination or testing 5Quarantine and isolation 5Other 7
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Every record in the Texas file, in the order it took effect. Filter by quarter and by limitation type; sort by any column; open the exhibit ID for the record and the operative words, or the file where The COVID Project holds it.
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| Ex. TX-001 | Disaster Proclamation (COVID-19)A proclamation certifying that COVID-19 poses an imminent threat of disaster in the state and declaring a… | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Mar. 13, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | PDF 252 KB |
| Ex. TX-048 | First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042 (Tex.) and No. 20-007 (Tex. Crim. App.)First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals (joint order) | Court | Mar. 13, 2020 | May 8, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 402 KB |
| Ex. TX-002 | Suspension of Texas Open Meetings Act provisions (Gov't Code ch. 551)Governor Abbott Allows Virtual And Telephonic Open Meetings To Maintain Government Transparency | Governor Greg Abbott (at the request of the Office of the Attorney General) | State | Mar. 16, 2020 | Sept. 1, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Telework mandateCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 137 KB |
| Ex. TX-068 | TxDMV COVID-19 page (June 2020); TX-069 (waiver ends Apr. 14, 2021)COVID-19: Title and Registration Services (June 2020) | Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (implementing Governor Abbott's March 16, 2020 waiver) | Sector regulator | Mar. 16, 2020 | Apr. 14, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | Source |
| Ex. TX-069 | TxDMV notice: The Temporary Waiver of Vehicle Title & Registration Requirements Ends April 14, 2021 (as archived March 30, 2021)The Temporary Waiver of Vehicle Title & Registration Requirements Ends April 14, 2021 | Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (implementing Governor Abbott's March 16, 2020 waiver) | Sector regulator | Mar. 16, 2020 | Apr. 14, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 257 KB |
| Ex. TX-049 | Emergency Rule, 28 TAC § 35.1 (Telemedicine and Telehealth Services), TDI No. 2020-6287Chapter 35, Subchapter A, COVID-19 Emergency Rules: Telemedicine and Telehealth Services | Texas Department of Insurance, Commissioner of Insurance | Sector regulator | Mar. 17, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | PDF 119 KB |
| Ex. TX-057 | Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9045 (residential evictions)Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | Mar. 19, 2020 | Apr. 19, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 269 KB |
| Ex. TX-003 | Executive Order GA-08Relating to COVID-19 preparedness and mitigation | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Mar. 20, 2020 | Apr. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | PDF 342 KB |
| Ex. TX-004 | Executive Order GA-09Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Mar. 22, 2020 | Apr. 21, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureHealth care orders | Primary source read | PDF 372 KB |
| Ex. TX-042 | Commissioner's Bulletin B-0006-20COVID-19: Claim-handling deadlines and premium payments | Texas Department of Insurance, Commissioner of Insurance | Sector regulator | Mar. 23, 2020 | June 30, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Other | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 59 KB |
| Ex. TX-005 | Executive Order GA-10Relating to daily reporting during the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Mar. 24, 2020 | July 29, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | PDF 294 KB |
| Ex. TX-006 | Executive Order GA-11Relating to airport screening and self-quarantine during the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Mar. 28, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | PDF 421 KB |
| Ex. TX-007 | Executive Order GA-12Relating to roadway screening and self-quarantine during the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Mar. 30, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | PDF 401 KB |
| Ex. TX-008 | Executive Order GA-14Relating to statewide continuity of essential services and activities during the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Apr. 2, 2020 | Apr. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | PDF 488 KB |
| Ex. TX-010 | Executive Order GA-16Relating to the safe, strategic reopening of select services as the first step to Open Texas in response to… | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Apr. 17, 2020 | Apr. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | PDF 591 KB |
| Ex. TX-009 | Executive Order GA-15Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Apr. 21, 2020 | May 8, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Health care orders | Primary source read | PDF 385 KB |
| Ex. TX-011 | Executive Order GA-18 (Apr. 27, 2020), para. 2(i)Relating to the expanded reopening of services as part of the safe, strategic plan to Open Texas in response… | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Apr. 27, 2020 | May 15, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | PDF 634 KB |
| Ex. TX-058 | Twelfth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9059Twelfth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | Apr. 27, 2020 | June 1, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 127 KB |
| Ex. TX-012 | Executive Order GA-19Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | May 1, 2020 | Sept. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | PDF 350 KB |
| Ex. TX-013 | Executive Order GA-20Relating to expanding travel without restrictions as part of the safe, strategic plan to Open Texas in… | Governor Greg Abbott | State | May 1, 2020 | May 21, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | PDF 480 KB |
| Ex. TX-043 | Texans Helping Texans: The Governor's Report to Open Texas (with DSHS minimum standard health protocols for reopened services)The Governor's Report to Open Texas | Governor Greg Abbott; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas; DSHS | State | May 1, 2020 | Mar. 10, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | PDF 2.8 MB |
| Ex. TX-014 | Executive Order GA-21Relating to the expanded reopening of services as part of the safe, strategic plan to Open Texas in response… | Governor Greg Abbott | State | May 5, 2020 | May 19, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | PDF 772 KB |
| Ex. TX-015 | Executive Order GA-22Relating to confinement during the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | May 7, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Other | Primary source read | PDF 325 KB |
| Ex. TX-016 | Executive Order GA-23Relating to the expanded opening of Texas in response to the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | May 18, 2020 | June 3, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | PDF 1016 KB |
| Ex. TX-017 | Executive Order GA-24Relating to the termination of air travel restrictions as part of the safe, strategic plan to Open Texas in… | Governor Greg Abbott | State | May 21, 2020 | June 30, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Travel and quarantine | Primary source read | PDF 306 KB |
| Ex. TX-018 | Executive Order GA-25Relating to the closing of county and municipal jails to in-person visitation in response to the COVID-19… | Governor Greg Abbott | State | May 22, 2020 | Mar. 10, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Gathering capCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 405 KB |
| Ex. TX-059 | Seventeenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9071Seventeenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | May 26, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Gathering capCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 206 KB |
| Ex. TX-019 | Executive Order GA-26Relating to the expanded opening of Texas in response to the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | June 3, 2020 | June 26, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | PDF 526 KB |
| Ex. TX-020 | Executive Order GA-27Relating to the need for increased hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | June 26, 2020 | Sept. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Health care orders | Primary source read | PDF 314 KB |
| Ex. TX-021 | Executive Order GA-28Relating to the targeted response to the COVID-19 disaster as part of the reopening of Texas | Governor Greg Abbott | State | June 26, 2020 | Sept. 21, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | PDF 549 KB |
| Ex. TX-022 | Executive Order GA-29Relating to the use of face coverings during the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | July 3, 2020 | Mar. 10, 2021 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | PDF 425 KB |
| Ex. TX-051 | Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declarationA proclamation renewing the declaration stating that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an imminent threat… | Governor Greg Abbott | State | July 10, 2020 | Aug. 8, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | PDF 245 KB |
| Ex. TX-052 | SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020)SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance | Texas Education Agency (TEA) | Sector regulator | July 28, 2020 | June 4, 2021 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | PDF 252 KB |
| Ex. TX-054 | Emergency Rule, 22 TAC § 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General) as published in the Texas Register of Sept. 4, 2020 (effective Aug. 25, 2020)Emergency Rule 108.7 in response to Governor Abbott's Executive Order GA-19 | Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE) | Sector regulator | Aug. 25, 2020 | Feb. 19, 2021 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Health care ordersWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | Source |
| Ex. TX-024 | Executive Order GA-31Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Sept. 17, 2020 | Mar. 10, 2021 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Health care orders | Primary source read | PDF 402 KB |
| Ex. TX-060 | Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9113 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program)Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | Sept. 17, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 222 KB |
| Ex. TX-023 | Executive Order GA-30Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster as Texas reopens | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Sept. 21, 2020 | Oct. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | PDF 595 KB |
| Ex. TX-025 | Executive Order GA-32Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster as Texas reopens | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Oct. 14, 2020 | Mar. 10, 2021 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | PDF 678 KB |
| Ex. TX-047 | State of Texas v. El Paso County, No. 08-20-00226-CV (Tex. App.—El Paso Nov. 13, 2020) (corrected opinion) (reviewing El Paso County Emergency Order No. 13 of Oct. 29, 2020, extended by Order No. 14 to Dec. 1, 2020)Corrected Opinion: El Paso County Judge's business-closure and curfew order conflicts with GA-32 and is… | Court of Appeals for the Eighth District of Texas (Alley, C.J.) | Court | Oct. 29, 2020 | Nov. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersCurfew and hours | Primary source read | PDF 292 KB |
| Ex. TX-061 | Twenty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9135Twenty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | Nov. 11, 2020 | Feb. 1, 2021 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Gathering capCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 153 KB |
| Ex. TX-027 | Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declarationA proclamation renewing the declaration stating that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an imminent threat… | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Dec. 6, 2020 | Jan. 5, 2021 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | PDF 297 KB |
| Ex. TX-028 | Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declarationA proclamation renewing the declaration stating that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an imminent threat… | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Jan. 5, 2021 | Mar. 2, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | PDF 78 KB |
| Ex. TX-062 | Thirty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9004Thirty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | Jan. 14, 2021 | Apr. 1, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Gathering capCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 153 KB |
| Ex. TX-026 | DSHS list of Trauma Service Areas with high COVID-19 hospitalizations under Executive Order GA-32 (as archived January 15, 2021)Executive Order GA-32: Trauma Service Areas with high hospitalizations (50 percent occupancy; bars closed) | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) | Sector regulator | Jan. 15, 2021 | Mar. 10, 2021 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Business closureCapacity limitHealth care ordersAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | PDF 389 KB |
| Ex. TX-055 | Emergency Rule, 22 TAC § 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General), amended emergency rule effective Feb. 19, 2021 (strikethrough version)Emergency Rule 108.7 Minimum Standard of Care, General, effective February 19, 2021 | Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE) | Sector regulator | Feb. 19, 2021 | June 18, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Health care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | PDF 79 KB |
| Ex. TX-063 | Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | Mar. 5, 2021 | May 26, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 171 KB |
| Ex. TX-029 | Executive Order GA-34Relating to the opening of Texas in response to the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Mar. 10, 2021 | July 29, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersOther | Primary source read | PDF 1.1 MB |
| Ex. TX-050 | TABC 'Coronavirus Information' page: chronology of TABC actions and Governor's waivers (March 2020 - March 2021)Coronavirus Information: Previous Actions (No Longer in Effect) | Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) | Sector regulator | Mar. 10, 2021 | Sept. 26, 2026 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and bars | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 113 KB |
| Ex. TX-030 | Executive Order GA-35Relating to COVID-19 vaccines and the protection of Texans' private health information | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Apr. 5, 2021 | July 29, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Workplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | PDF 1012 KB |
| Ex. TX-033 | House Bill 1024 (Act of May 12, 2021): permanent pickup and delivery of alcoholic beverages with foodRelating to the pickup and delivery of alcoholic beverages from certain premises for off-premises consumption | Texas Legislature (87th Leg., R.S.), House Bill 1024, signed by Governor Abbott | State | May 12, 2021 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Alcohol and bars | Primary source read | PDF 139 KB |
| Ex. TX-031 | Executive Order GA-36Relating to the prohibition of governmental entities and officials from mandating face coverings or… | Governor Greg Abbott | State | May 18, 2021 | July 29, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther | Primary source read | PDF 986 KB |
| Ex. TX-064 | Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9060Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | May 26, 2021 | Aug. 1, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 172 KB |
| Ex. TX-032 | Senate Bill 968 (Act of June 16, 2021), § 161.0085 'COVID-19 Vaccine Passports Prohibited'Relating to public health disaster and public health emergency preparedness and response; providing a civil… | Texas Legislature (87th Leg., R.S.), Senate Bill 968, signed by Governor Abbott | State | June 16, 2021 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Workplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | PDF 170 KB |
| Ex. TX-034 | House Bill 1239 (Act of June 16, 2021): prohibited closure of places of worshipRelating to the prohibited suspension of laws protecting religious freedom and prohibited closure of places of… | Texas Legislature (87th Leg., R.S.), House Bill 1239, signed by Governor Abbott | State | June 16, 2021 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Events and venuesOther | Primary source read | PDF 113 KB |
| Ex. TX-056 | TSBDE 'Important COVID-19 Information' page (emergency rule history and expiration statement)Important COVID-19 Information: Emergency Rule 108.7 effective Feb. 19, 2021, expired June 18, 2021; Emergency… | Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE) | Sector regulator | June 18, 2021 | June 30, 2021 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Health care orders | Primary source read | PDF 147 KB |
| Ex. TX-041 | Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9078 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program)Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | July 19, 2021 | Oct. 1, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 260 KB |
| Ex. TX-035 | Executive Order GA-37Relating to the transportation of migrants during the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | July 28, 2021 | Aug. 3, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Travel and quarantine | Primary source read | PDF 797 KB |
| Ex. TX-036 | Executive Order GA-38Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | State | July 29, 2021 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingOther | Primary source read | PDF 1.9 MB |
| Ex. TX-040 | Fortieth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9079Fortieth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | Aug. 1, 2021 | Oct. 1, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 175 KB |
| Ex. TX-044 | Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0686 (Tex. Aug. 15, 2021) (Dallas County mask order)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Dallas County temporary restraining order… | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | Aug. 15, 2021 | Aug. 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 103 KB |
| Ex. TX-045 | Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0687 (Tex. Aug. 15, 2021) (City of San Antonio and Bexar County mask order)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Bexar County temporary restraining order… | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | Aug. 15, 2021 | Aug. 15, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 105 KB |
| Ex. TX-037 | Executive Order GA-39Relating to prohibiting vaccine mandates and vaccine passports subject to legislative action | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Aug. 25, 2021 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Vaccination or testing | Primary source read | PDF 147 KB |
| Ex. TX-046 | Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720 (Tex. Aug. 26, 2021) (Fourth Court of Appeals' order maintaining the Bexar County temporary injunction)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court of Appeals' Rule 29.3 order… | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | Aug. 26, 2021 | Aug. 26, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 107 KB |
| Ex. TX-038 | Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declarationA proclamation renewing the declaration stating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an imminent threat of… | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Aug. 29, 2021 | Sept. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | PDF 266 KB |
| Ex. TX-053 | Public Health Guidance, 2021-22 school year (version of September 2, 2021; earlier versions Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021)Public Health Guidance (September 2, 2021) | Texas Education Agency (TEA) | Sector regulator | Sept. 2, 2021 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | PDF 154 KB |
| Ex. TX-065 | Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9119Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | Oct. 1, 2021 | Dec. 1, 2021 | | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 225 KB |
| Ex. TX-039 | Executive Order GA-40Relating to prohibiting vaccine mandates, subject to legislative action | Governor Greg Abbott | State | Oct. 11, 2021 | not dated | | Vaccination or testing | Primary source read | PDF 324 KB |
| Ex. TX-066 | Forty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9139 (Eviction Diversion Program after TDHCA closure)Forty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | Nov. 10, 2021 | Jan. 1, 2022 | | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 525 KB |
| Ex. TX-067 | Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9145Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | Court | Nov. 23, 2021 | Feb. 1, 2022 | | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 223 KB |
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The metropolitan files whose counties and cities lie in Texas. Each holds the local orders that ran alongside, and often ahead of, the State's. All forty metros →
Governor Greg Abbott, Disaster Proclamation (COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. TX-001)
Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals (joint order), First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042 (Tex.) and No. 20-007 (Tex. Crim. App.) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. TX-048)
Governor Greg Abbott (at the request of the Office of the Attorney General), Suspension of Texas Open Meetings Act provisions (Gov't Code ch. 551) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. TX-002)
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (implementing Governor Abbott's March 16, 2020 waiver), TxDMV COVID-19 page (June 2020); TX-069 (waiver ends Apr. 14, 2021) (June 1, 2020) (Ex. TX-068)
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (implementing Governor Abbott's March 16, 2020 waiver), TxDMV notice: The Temporary Waiver of Vehicle Title & Registration Requirements Ends April 14, 2021 (as archived March 30, 2021) (Mar. 20, 2021) (Ex. TX-069)
Texas Department of Insurance, Commissioner of Insurance, Emergency Rule, 28 TAC § 35.1 (Telemedicine and Telehealth Services), TDI No. 2020-6287 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-049)
Supreme Court of Texas, Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9045 (residential evictions) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. TX-057)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-08 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. TX-003)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-09 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. TX-004)
Texas Department of Insurance, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner's Bulletin B-0006-20 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. TX-042)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-10 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. TX-005)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-11 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. TX-006)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-12 (Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. TX-007)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-14 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. TX-008)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-16 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-010)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-15 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-009)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-18 (Apr. 27, 2020), para. 2(i) (Ex. TX-011)
Supreme Court of Texas, Twelfth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9059 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. TX-058)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-19 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. TX-012)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-20 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. TX-013)
Governor Greg Abbott; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas; DSHS, Texans Helping Texans: The Governor's Report to Open Texas (with DSHS minimum standard health protocols for reopened services) (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. TX-043)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-21 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. TX-014)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-22 (May 7, 2020) (Ex. TX-015)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-23 (May 18, 2020) (Ex. TX-016)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-24 (May 21, 2020) (Ex. TX-017)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-25 (May 22, 2020) (Ex. TX-018)
Supreme Court of Texas, Seventeenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9071 (May 26, 2020) (Ex. TX-059)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-26 (June 3, 2020) (Ex. TX-019)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-27 (June 25, 2020) (Ex. TX-020)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-28 (June 26, 2020) (Ex. TX-021)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-29 (July 2, 2020) (Ex. TX-022)
Governor Greg Abbott, Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declaration (July 10, 2020) (Ex. TX-051)
Texas Education Agency (TEA), SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020) (Ex. TX-052)
Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE), Emergency Rule, 22 TAC § 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General) as published in the Texas Register of Sept. 4, 2020 (effective Aug. 25, 2020) (Ex. TX-054)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-31 (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-024)
Supreme Court of Texas, Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9113 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program) (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-060)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-30 (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-023)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-32 (Oct. 7, 2020) (Ex. TX-025)
Court of Appeals for the Eighth District of Texas (Alley, C.J.), State of Texas v. El Paso County, No. 08-20-00226-CV (Tex. App.—El Paso Nov. 13, 2020) (corrected opinion) (reviewing El Paso County Emergency Order No. 13 of Oct. 29, 2020, extended by Order No. 14 to Dec. 1, 2020) (Ex. TX-047)
Supreme Court of Texas, Twenty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9135 (Nov. 11, 2020) (Ex. TX-061)
Governor Greg Abbott, Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declaration (Dec. 6, 2020) (Ex. TX-027)
Governor Greg Abbott, Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declaration (Jan. 5, 2021) (Ex. TX-028)
Supreme Court of Texas, Thirty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9004 (Jan. 14, 2021) (Ex. TX-062)
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), DSHS list of Trauma Service Areas with high COVID-19 hospitalizations under Executive Order GA-32 (as archived January 15, 2021) (Jan. 15, 2021) (Ex. TX-026)
Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE), Emergency Rule, 22 TAC § 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General), amended emergency rule effective Feb. 19, 2021 (strikethrough version) (Ex. TX-055)
Supreme Court of Texas, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026 (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. TX-063)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-34 (Mar. 2, 2021) (Ex. TX-029)
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC), TABC 'Coronavirus Information' page: chronology of TABC actions and Governor's waivers (March 2020 - March 2021) (Mar. 10, 2021) (Ex. TX-050)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-35 (Apr. 5, 2021) (Ex. TX-030)
Texas Legislature (87th Leg., R.S.), House Bill 1024, signed by Governor Abbott, House Bill 1024 (Act of May 12, 2021): permanent pickup and delivery of alcoholic beverages with food (Ex. TX-033)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-36 (May 18, 2021) (Ex. TX-031)
Supreme Court of Texas, Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9060 (May 26, 2021) (Ex. TX-064)
Texas Legislature (87th Leg., R.S.), Senate Bill 968, signed by Governor Abbott, Senate Bill 968 (Act of June 16, 2021), § 161.0085 'COVID-19 Vaccine Passports Prohibited' (Ex. TX-032)
Texas Legislature (87th Leg., R.S.), House Bill 1239, signed by Governor Abbott, House Bill 1239 (Act of June 16, 2021): prohibited closure of places of worship (Ex. TX-034)
Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE), TSBDE 'Important COVID-19 Information' page (emergency rule history and expiration statement) (June 18, 2021) (Ex. TX-056)
Supreme Court of Texas, Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9078 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program) (July 19, 2021) (Ex. TX-041)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-37 (July 28, 2021) (Ex. TX-035)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-38 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. TX-036)
Supreme Court of Texas, Fortieth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9079 (July 19, 2021) (Ex. TX-040)
Supreme Court of Texas, Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0686 (Tex. Aug. 15, 2021) (Dallas County mask order) (Ex. TX-044)
Supreme Court of Texas, Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0687 (Tex. Aug. 15, 2021) (City of San Antonio and Bexar County mask order) (Ex. TX-045)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-39 (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. TX-037)
Supreme Court of Texas, Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720 (Tex. Aug. 26, 2021) (Fourth Court of Appeals' order maintaining the Bexar County temporary injunction) (Ex. TX-046)
Governor Greg Abbott, Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declaration (Aug. 29, 2021) (Ex. TX-038)
Texas Education Agency (TEA), Public Health Guidance, 2021-22 school year (version of September 2, 2021; earlier versions Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021) (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. TX-053)
Supreme Court of Texas, Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9119 (Sept. 21, 2021) (Ex. TX-065)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-40 (Oct. 11, 2021) (Ex. TX-039)
Supreme Court of Texas, Forty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9139 (Eviction Diversion Program after TDHCA closure) (Nov. 10, 2021) (Ex. TX-066)
Supreme Court of Texas, Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9145 (Nov. 23, 2021) (Ex. TX-067)