{"id":"ECO-B-040","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"B","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code 418.012, 418.016, 418.018, 418.173; disaster proclamation of Mar. 13, 2020 as renewed monthly","instrument":"Executive Order GA-38","title":"Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster (consolidated order: testing and hospital reporting; prohibition of governmental mask mandates and \u0027vaccine passports\u0027; occupancy)","dateIssued":"2021-07-29","effective":"July 29, 2021","end":"In force through September 30, 2021 and beyond (litigation over school mask mandates: Ex. ECO-B-107, blocked Mar. 17, 2022)","startDate":"2021-07-29","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","VAX","OTHER"],"addressees":["state agencies and political subdivisions","hospitals and testing entities (reporting)","businesses receiving public funds"],"clause":"\u00271.... b. Every public or private entity that is utilizing an FDA-approved test... for human diagnostic purposes of COVID-19, shall submit to DSHS, as well as to the local health department, daily reports of all test results...\u0027 \u00272.... b. State agencies and political subdivisions shall not adopt or enforce any order, ordinance, policy, regulation, rule, or similar measure that requires an individual to provide, as a condition of receiving any service or entering any place, documentation regarding the individual\u0027s vaccination status...\u0027 [paragraph 3: no governmental entity may require face coverings].","enforcement":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code 418.173 (fine up to $1,000)","functions":["EMP reporting duties","WF (school masking left to parents; vaccination-proof barred)"],"notes":"Shows the Texas disaster regime in force in Q3 2021 (monthly renewals recited) and the regulatory variance employers faced across State lines.","sourceUrl":"https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/EO-GA-38_continued_response_to_the_COVID-19_disaster_IMAGE_07-29-2021.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":241457,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-B","url":"/library/ECO-B-040","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-B-040","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-38 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-040)","stateName":"Texas","related":["ECO-B-107","ECO-B-157"]}