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13,511 instruments indexed by The COVID Project: the orders of the fifty States and the District, forty metros, the federal layer and the agencies; the standing duties; the organizers' notices; the legal authorities. Filter by kind, State, limitation type, quarter and more; open the exhibit; download what you find.

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Ex. MET-SAT-001Public 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, TexasCityMar. 2, 2020Emergency declarationQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-044Release: 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 cancelledMayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release)City of Houston, TexasCityMar. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-066County Judge KP George's Declaration of a Local State of Disaster (county posting)Declaration of a Local State of DisasterCounty Judge KP GeorgeFort Bend County, TexasCountyMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DFW-056Declaration of Public Health EmergencyDeclaration of Local Disaster and Public Health Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020)Mayor Betsy Price (emergency management director)City of Fort Worth, TexasCityMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-045Release: 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 AprilHouston City Council and Mayor (Office of the Mayor release)City of Houston, TexasCityMar. 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-TX-009Declaration of Public Health Disaster (March 19, 2020), renewed at 30-day intervalsDeclaration of Public Health DisasterCommissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (John Hellerstedt, M.D.)TexasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-044Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0012-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of Certain Provisions of the Labor Code and DWC Rules Related to Workers' CompensationBulletin announcing the Governor's suspension of specified Labor Code provisions and DWC rules (deadlines and in-person requirements) for…Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' CompensationTexas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (statewide)CourtMar. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-063Release: Texas Attorney General Admits He Cannot Enforce Governor's Mask Mandate ProhibitionHarris County Attorney release on the Attorney General's court filingsHarris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release)Harris County, TexasCountyAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-062Release: Travis County Court Grants Temporary Injunction in Favor of Harris County in Mask Mandate LawsuitHarris County Attorney release on the Aug. 27, 2021 temporary injunctionHarris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release)Harris County, TexasCountyAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DFW-086Temporary Standing Orders Regarding DFPS Visitation (COVID-19)District courts' temporary standing orders on DFPS visitation during COVID-19 (Apr. 2020)Denton County District CourtsDenton County, TexasCourt2020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DFW-099COVID-19 Operating Plan, Collin County Court System (2020)Collin County court system COVID-19 operating plan (2020)Collin County Court SystemCollin County, TexasCourt2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source

Counts are what The COVID Project has retrieved and indexed, not a count of every order that existed. Every exhibit ID resolves at covidproject.com/library/ID. Not legal advice.