{"id":"SEC-15-029","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418, sections 418.011,.012,.016(a),.018(c),.173","instrument":"Executive Order GA-36","title":"Relating to the prohibition of governmental entities and officials from mandating face coverings or restricting activities in response to the COVID-19 disaster","dateIssued":"2021-05-18","effective":"Immediately (May 18, 2021); public schools\u0027 TEA mask policies permitted only until 11:59 p.m. June 4, 2021; fines from 11:59 p.m. May 21, 2021","end":"Superseded and consolidated by GA-38 (July 29, 2021)","startDate":"2021-05-18","endDate":"2021-07-29","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH","OTHER"],"addressees":["every governmental entity, including a county, city, school district and public health authority","public schools","Texas Education Agency"],"clause":"1. No governmental entity, including a county, city, school district, and public health authority, and no governmental official may require any person to wear a face covering or to mandate that another person wear a face covering... 2. Notwithstanding the above, public schools may continue to follow policies regarding the wearing of face coverings to the extent reflected in current guidance by the Texas Education Agency, until June 4, 2021. The Texas Education Agency shall revise its guidance such that, effective 11:59 p.m. on June 4, 2021, no student, teacher, parent, or other staff member or visitor may be required to wear a face covering. 3. This executive order shall supersede any face-covering requirement imposed by any local governmental entity or official... the imposition of any such face-covering requirement by a local governmental entity or official constitutes a \u0027failure to comply with\u0027 this executive order that is subject to a fine up to $1,000, beginning at 11:59 p.m. on May 21, 2021.","enforcement":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code 418.173: fine up to $1,000","functions":["IN","TR","AC","WF","CB"],"notes":"An order of the State\u0027s chief executive prescribing, with a criminal fine, how every school district in Texas operated from June 4, 2021; private schools were not addressed until GA-38.","sourceUrl":"https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/EO-GA-36_prohibition_on_mandating_face_coverings_response_to_COVID-19_disaster_IMAGE_05-18-2021.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":137426,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-029","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-029","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-36 (May 18, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-029)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-15-047"]}