| Ex. MET-DFW-028 | Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Required Use of a Face Mask in Certain Public SpaceOrder on Required Use of a Face Mask in Certain Public Space (Aug. 11, 2021) | Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins | Dallas County, TexasCounty | Aug. 11, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-DFW-029 | Frequently Asked Questions, Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Required Use of a Face Mask in Certain Public SpaceFAQ on the Aug. 11, 2021 face-mask order | Office of the Dallas County Judge | Dallas County, TexasCounty | Aug. 11, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-067 | Executive Order NW-21Executive Order NW-21 of Bexar County Judge Nelson W. Wolff | County Judge Nelson W. Wolff | Bexar County, TexasCounty | Aug. 10, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-068 | Fourteenth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19Fourteenth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 | Mayor Ron Nirenberg | City of San Antonio, TexasCity | Aug. 11, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-047 | Message to the HISD community proposing a mask mandate for students, staff and visitors (Aug. 5, 2021)Mask mandate for students, staff and visitors at all schools, buses and facilities, regardless of vaccination status, effective upon Board… | Superintendent Millard House II (proposal to the Board of Education, adopted Aug. 12, 2021) | Houston Independent School District, TexasCity | Aug. 5, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-023 | Mask to be Safe at School Order No. 20210811-032Mask to be Safe at School (face coverings required in public schools during Stages 3, 4 and 5) | Mayor Steve Adler | City of Austin, TexasCity | Aug. 11, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-050 | County Judge Order 2021-08; Relating to the COVID-19 and Mask to be Safe at SchoolMask to be Safe at School (face coverings required in all public schools including public charter schools in Travis County during Stages 3… | Travis County Judge Andy Brown | Travis County, TexasCounty | Aug. 11, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-DFW-030 | Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Required Use of a Face Mask in Certain Public SpaceOrder on Required Use of a Face Mask (Aug. 12, 2021; adds higher education; adopts the Local Health Authority school order) | Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins | Dallas County, TexasCounty | Aug. 12, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-HOU-038 | Order of the Local Health Authority for Harris County Regarding Public SchoolsOrder of the Local Health Authority for Harris County Regarding Public Schools | Harris County Local Health Authority, Janeana White, M.D. | Harris County, Texas (including the City of Houston)County | Aug. 12, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-HOU-041 | Release: Alarming Increase in COVID-19 Cases Results in Local Health Authority Ordering Use of Face Masks in SchoolsHCPH release on the LHA school mask order | Harris County Public Health | Harris County, TexasCounty | Aug. 12, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-025 | Mask to be Safe at School Order No. 20210813-034Mask to be Safe at School (face coverings required in public schools, public charter schools and public colleges during Stages 3, 4 and 5… | Mayor Steve Adler | City of Austin, TexasCity | Aug. 13, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-051 | County Judge Amended Order 2021-08a; Relating to the COVID-19 and Mask to be Safe at SchoolAmended Mask to be Safe at School Order (adds public colleges; replaces Order 2021-08) | Travis County Judge Andy Brown | Travis County, TexasCounty | Aug. 13, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-075 | County Judge Order Relating to the COVID-19 and Mask to be Safe at School (Hays County)Mask to be Safe at School (face coverings required in all public and charter schools K-12 in Hays County; local disaster declaration… | Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra | Hays County, TexasCounty | Aug. 13, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-DFW-031 | Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins Modifying Order on Required Use of a Face Mask in Certain Public SpaceOrder Modifying the Face-Mask Order (Aug. 16, 2021, 'in compliance with the Texas Supreme Court stay order') | Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins | Dallas County, TexasCounty | Aug. 16, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-031 | Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules adopted August 17, 2021 (amending the rule of August 11, 2021)Health Authority Rules (face coverings in public schools, public charter schools and public colleges during Stages 3, 4 and 5; effective… | Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Desmar Walkes) | City of Austin, TexasCity | Aug. 17, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-053 | Resolution and Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance (August 17, 2021)Commissioners Court order adopting the Health Authority's Emergency Rules and Orders for public schools, charter schools and public colleges… | Travis County Commissioners Court | Travis County, Texas (public schools, public charter schools and public colleges)County | Aug. 17, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-032 | Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules effective August 21, 2021 (amending the rule of August 17, 2021)Health Authority Rules (face coverings in public schools, public charter schools and public colleges during Stages 3, 4 and 5; effective… | Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Desmar Walkes) | City of Austin, TexasCity | Aug. 20, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-054 | Resolution and Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Continued Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance (August 24, 2021)Commissioners Court order adopting the Health Authority's Emergency Rules and Orders for schools and colleges issued August 23, 2021… | Travis County Commissioners Court | Travis County, Texas (public schools, public charter schools and public colleges)County | Aug. 24, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-048 | Message to the HISD community on virtual instruction (Aug. 19, 2021)Temporary virtual instruction for quarantined students; virtual academy for immunocompromised students under twelve from August 30, 2021 | Superintendent Millard House II | Houston Independent School District, TexasCity | Aug. 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child careQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. TX-053 | Public Health Guidance, 2021-22 school year (version of September 2, 2021; earlier versions Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021)Public Health Guidance (September 2, 2021) | Texas Education Agency (TEA) | TexasSector regulator | Sept. 2, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-049 | Message to the HISD community on the mask mandate and the Travis County injunction (Sept. 27, 2021)Mask mandate continues under a temporary injunction authorizing the District to keep requiring masks at all campuses, facilities and buses | Superintendent Millard House II | Houston Independent School District, TexasCity | Sept. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-DFW-095 | Order denying Appellant-Intervenors' Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CVFifth Court of Appeals order refusing to stop enforcement of the Dallas and Richardson ISD face-covering rules (Sept. 27, 2021) | Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Justices Osborne, Pedersen and Nowell) | Texas (Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas)Court | Sept. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-073 | Health Advisory (schools) replacing the Health Directive of August 10, 2021Bexar County Health Authority Health Advisory, October 1, 2021 | C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Local Health Authority | Bexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority)County | Oct. 1, 2021 | | Schools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-067 | Emergency Rule Establishing a New Temporary Emergency Child Care Permit (26 TAC ch. 745, Subchapter X) (spring 2020)Emergency Rule Establishing New Temporary Emergency Child Care Permit | Texas HHSC | Texas; HHSC Child Care RegulationSector regulator | | 2020 Q2 | Schools and child careOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | |