| Ex. DUT-TX-018 | Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0145 (with §§ 437.002 and 437.016)Emergency Suspension or Closing Order; Enforcement of State Law by County or Public Health District; Criminal Penalty | Texas Legislature (Health and Safety Code ch. 437, Regulation of Food Service Establishments, Retail Food Stores, Mobile Food Units, and Roadside Food Vendors) | TexasState | Sept. 1, 1999 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-066 | Emergency Rule, 26 Tex. Admin. Code § 745.10003, Emergency Rule with Ongoing Requirements for Certain Day Care Operations in Response to COVID-19 (HHSC-20-0047)Emergency Rule with Ongoing Requirements for Certain Day Care Operations in Response to COVID-19 (26 TAC § 745.10003) | Texas HHSC, Executive Commissioner (on the request of the Associate Commissioner for Child Care Regulation, June 25, 2020) | Texas; Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care RegulationSector regulator | June 25, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Schools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-15-090 | TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation)TEA SY 2020-21 Public Health Planning Guidance and 2021-22 updates | Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath) | TexasSector regulator | July 7, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. TX-052 | SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020)SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance | Texas Education Agency (TEA) | TexasSector regulator | July 28, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-DFW-024 | Supplemental Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Continuing Requirements after Expiration of Stay Home, Stay SafeSupplemental Order on Continuing Requirements (Aug. 4, 2020) | Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins | Dallas County, TexasCounty | Aug. 4, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chainOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046 | Message to HISD parents on in-person or virtual instruction selection (Sept. 16, 2020)Virtual instruction for the first six weeks; families required to elect in-person or virtual instruction for the second six weeks beginning… | Houston ISD | Houston Independent School District, TexasCity | Sept. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-029 | Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020 (face coverings; site rules; continuing through April 15, 2021) | Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark Escott) | City of Austin, TexasCity | Dec. 15, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-056 | Fourth Amended Health Directive Related to School SystemsFourth Amended Health Directive Related to School Systems Dated Feb. 2, 2021 | C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Bexar County Health Authority | Bexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority)County | Feb. 2, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Schools and child careEvents and venuesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. TX-029 | Executive Order GA-34Relating to the opening of Texas in response to the COVID-19 disaster | Governor Greg Abbott | TexasState | Mar. 2, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-048 | Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules adopted April 13, 2021Health Authority Rules (face coverings outside the residence; fully-vaccinated exceptions; household isolation; site rules; school… | Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark E. Escott), with City Manager Spencer Cronk and City Attorney certification | City of Austin, TexasCity | Apr. 13, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-019 | Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules adopted May 18, 2021Health Authority Rules (face coverings indoors at every site and outdoors where more than 2,500 present; site distancing, signage, hygiene… | Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark E. Escott, Interim Medical Director and Health Authority), with City Manager Spencer Cronk and City Attorney certification | City of Austin, TexasCity | May 18, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-15-029 | Executive Order GA-36Relating to the prohibition of governmental entities and officials from mandating face coverings or restricting activities in response to… | Governor Greg Abbott | TexasState | May 18, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. TX-031 | Executive Order GA-36Relating to the prohibition of governmental entities and officials from mandating face coverings or restricting activities in response to… | Governor Greg Abbott | TexasState | May 18, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-TX-014 | Senate Bill 6, Pandemic Liability Protection Act (Act of June 14, 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., ch. 528)An Act relating to liability for certain claims arising during a pandemic or disaster related to a pandemic | Texas Legislature (87th Leg., R.S.), Senate Bill 6, signed by Governor Abbott | TexasState | June 14, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-TX-015 | Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 148.003Liability for Causing Exposure to Pandemic Disease | Texas Legislature (Civil Practice and Remedies Code ch. 148, Liability During Pandemic Emergency, added by S.B. 6) | TexasState | June 14, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |