| Ex. MET-HOU-044 | Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19Mayor's proclamation of a Local State of Disaster Due to a Public Health Emergency; Rodeo closed; City events cancelled | Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release) | City of Houston, TexasCity | Mar. 11, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationEvents and venues | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-HOU-045 | Release: City Extends Emergency Disaster Declaration; Mayor Turner Cancels City Events Through AprilCity Council indefinitely extends the proclamation of local disaster (15-1); City events cancelled through April | Houston City Council and Mayor (Office of the Mayor release) | City of Houston, TexasCity | Mar. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationEvents and venues | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-HOU-047 | Release: Mayor Turner Announces Citations Will Be Issued to People Not Wearing Face MasksHPD directed to issue warnings and $250 citations under the State mask order | Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release) | City of Houston, TexasCity | Aug. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Face-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-HOU-078 | Release: Mayor Turner Announces Changes to Operating Procedures for City of Houston Bars, Nightclubs and RestaurantsBars and nightclubs closed; dine-in service stopped effective 8 a.m. March 17, 2020 | Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release) | City of Houston, TexasCity | Mar. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureAlcohol and bars | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-HOU-046 | Release: Mayor Turner Asks Houstonians to Follow Stay Home, Work Safe OrderCity of Houston adopts the Stay Home, Work Safe Order | Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release) | City of Houston, TexasCity | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-12-GM-074 | KUT 90.5 (Austin), "Austin Cancels SXSW Amid COVID-19 Concerns" (Mar. 6, 2020), quoting Mayor Adler, Judge Eckhardt, Dr. Escott and SXSW's statement (text of the page rendered to PDF)SXSW 2020 Conference and Festivals and SXSW EDU (interactive, film and music; the marketing, media and technology industries' spring… | SXSW, LLC | Austin (Austin Convention Center and venues citywide), TXOrganizer | Mar. 6, 2020 | | Organizer notice | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-001 | Public Health Emergency Declaration No. 1 and application for temporary restraining order (City release of March 2, 2020)City of San Antonio issues Public Health Emergency Declaration and sought temporary restraining order to keep quarantine in effect for… | Mayor Ron Nirenberg (City news release describing Public Health Emergency Declaration No. 1) | City of San Antonio, TexasCity | Mar. 2, 2020 | | Emergency declarationQuarantine and isolation | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-004 | Stay Home - Work Safe Order No. 20200413-009Stay Home - Work Safe Order (extension to May 8, 2020; face coverings) | Mayor Steve Adler | City of Austin, TexasCity | Apr. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-009 | Order No. 20200626-016 (Stay Home, Mask, and Be Safe)Stay Home, Mask, and Be Safe Order of June 26, 2020 | Mayor Steve Adler | City of Austin, TexasCity | June 26, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-DFW-056 | Declaration of Public Health EmergencyDeclaration of Local Disaster and Public Health Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) | Mayor Betsy Price (emergency management director) | City of Fort Worth, TexasCity | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declaration | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-DFW-059 | Fourth Amended Declaration of Public Health EmergencyFourth Amended Declaration (Mar. 21, 2020) | Mayor Betsy Price | City of Fort Worth, TexasCity | Mar. 21, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-DFW-063 | Seventh Amended Declaration of Public Health EmergencySeventh Amended Declaration (Apr. 23, 2020; Retail-to-Go under GA-16) | Mayor Betsy Price | City of Fort Worth, TexasCity | Apr. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering cap | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-026 | Addendum to Emergency Declaration No. 8 (posted June 17, 2020)Addendum to Emergency Declaration No. 8 | Mayor Ron Nirenberg | City of San Antonio, TexasCity | June 17, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-12-GM-075 | KUT 90.5 (Austin), "SXSW's Cancellation Is An 'Economic Shock' For Austin" (Mar. 9, 2020): Greyhill Advisors' $355.9 million 2019 impact estimate (text of the page rendered to PDF)SXSW 2020 Conference and Festivals and SXSW EDU (interactive, film and music; the marketing, media and technology industries' spring… | SXSW, LLC | Austin (Austin Convention Center and venues citywide), TXOrganizer | Mar. 9, 2020 | | Organizer notice | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-089 | Austin ISD announcement 'Masks Mandated at Austin ISD' (August 9, 2021)Austin ISD requirement that students, staff and visitors wear face masks on school properties from August 11, 2021 | Austin ISD Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde (announced at the Board of Trustees meeting of August 9, 2021; Board President Geronimo Rodriguez quoted) | Austin Independent School District (Travis County, Texas)City | Aug. 9, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary source | |