Skip to content
The COVID Project

The Record

The Orders Library

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.

Double quotes make a phrase ("stay at home"). An exhibit ID (TX-004) opens its record first.

Results

The COVID Projectcovidproject.com/library
7 instruments · showing 1–7
Download
ExhibitInstrumentIssuerJurisdictionIssuedQuartersLimitationsGradeFile
Ex. DUT-TX-011Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g)Movement of People; Declaration of Local Disaster (control of movement of persons and occupancy of premises)Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418)TexasStateSept. 1, 19872020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. TX-002Suspension of Texas Open Meetings Act provisions (Gov't Code ch. 551)Governor Abbott Allows Virtual And Telephonic Open Meetings To Maintain Government TransparencyGovernor Greg Abbott (at the request of the Office of the Attorney General)TexasStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-008DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020)Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster: Calls on Texans to stay home and limit gatherings to 10 peopleTexas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D.TexasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-035Board of Pardons and Paroles Temporary Order of May 4, 2020Telework for selected employees; in-person unit interviews suspended (video or telephone); in-person office interviews of offender families…Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (David Gutierrez, Presiding Officer)Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; State levelStateMay 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-014Order No. 20201223-023 (Stage 5)Stage 5 Order: stay-home urging 10:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.; recommended modified operations for restaurants, retail and schoolsMayor Steve AdlerCity of Austin, TexasCityDec. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Stay-at-homeCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-046County Judge Order 2020-23: Relating to Stage 5 COVID-19 Community RestrictionsStage 5 COVID-19 Community Restrictions (stay-home urging 10:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.; recommended modified operations for restaurants, retail…Travis County Judge Andy BrownTravis County, Texas (all cities and municipalities within the county listed in Exhibit A)CountyDec. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Stay-at-homeCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-068Misc. Docket No. 21-9026, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterThirty-Sixth Emergency Order (remote participation on request; in-person proceedings under local minimum standard health protocols; jury…Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtMar. 5, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read

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.