{"id":"SEC-15-047","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 418.012,.016,.018(c),.173","instrument":"Executive Order GA-38","title":"Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster (consolidation of GA-34, GA-35, GA-36; no governmental mask mandates; no vaccine passports)","dateIssued":"2021-07-29","effective":"2021-07-29","end":"In force through Q3 2021 and beyond; enjoined as to school mask requirements Nov. 10, 2021 (E.T. v. Paxton, W.D. Tex.), reversed Dec. 1, 2021 (5th Cir.); Texas Supreme Court stays of Aug. 15 and Aug. 26, 2021 against Dallas and Bexar County orders","startDate":"2021-07-29","endDate":"2021-11-10","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","VAX","SCH","OTHER"],"addressees":["every governmental entity, including a county, city, school district and public health authority","public schools (TEA minimum standards)","private schools and institutions of higher education (paragraph 3(e))"],"clause":"3.... e. Public schools may operate as provided by, and under the minimum standard health protocols found in, guidance issued by the Texas Education Agency. Private schools and institutions of higher [education are encouraged to establish similar standards]... 4. To further ensure that no governmental entity can mandate masks, the following requirements shall continue to apply: a. 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...","enforcement":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code 418.173: fine up to $1,000 (paragraph 4)","functions":["IN","TR","AC","WF","CB","HR"],"notes":"Dallas, Bexar, Travis, Harris and Fort Bend Counties and dozens of districts imposed school mask requirements in August 2021 in defiance of GA-38; the Texas Supreme Court stayed the county TROs Aug. 15 and Aug. 26, 2021; TEA announced Aug. 19, 2021 that it would not enforce the mask provision during the litigation. Every Texas school operated inside that conflict for the whole of Q3 2021.","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":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-047","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-047","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-38 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-047)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-15-003","SEC-15-029"]}