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Ex. DUT-TX-018Tex. 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 PenaltyTexas Legislature (Health and Safety Code ch. 437, Regulation of Food Service Establishments, Retail Food Stores, Mobile Food Units, and Roadside Food Vendors)TexasStateSept. 1, 19992020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-0723rd Order Related to COVID-19 by Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra: 'Stay at Home, Work Safe'Stay at Home, Work Safe Order (stay home; non-essential businesses cease; travel prohibited; household isolation; elder-care visitor ban…Hays County Judge Ruben BecerraHays County, Texas (county-wide; stricter municipal orders control within city limits)CountyMar. 25, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-020Open Texas, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for All Employers (version archived May 12, 2020)Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for All EmployersGovernor Greg Abbott (Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas) with the Texas Department of State Health ServicesTexasStateMay 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. TX-047State of Texas v. El Paso County, No. 08-20-00226-CV (Tex. App.—El Paso Nov. 13, 2020) (corrected opinion) (reviewing El Paso County Emergency Order No. 13 of Oct. 29, 2020, extended by Order No. 14 to Dec. 1, 2020)Corrected Opinion: El Paso County Judge's business-closure and curfew order conflicts with GA-32 and is preemptedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth District of Texas (Alley, C.J.)Texas (El Paso County)CourtNov. 13, 20202020 Q4Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-051Executive Order NW-17 (Thanksgiving curfew; restaurant curfew; hospital capacity reserve)Executive Order NW-17 of County Judge Nelson W. WolffCounty Judge Nelson W. WolffBexar County, TexasCountyNov. 25, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-052Eleventh Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting NW-16, GA-29, GA-31, GA-32; curfews; hospital reserve)Eleventh Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19Mayor Ron NirenbergCity of San Antonio, TexasCityNov. 25, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary 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. TX-030Executive Order GA-35Relating to COVID-19 vaccines and the protection of Texans' private health informationGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateApr. 5, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Workplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-014Senate 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 pandemicTexas Legislature (87th Leg., R.S.), Senate Bill 6, signed by Governor AbbottTexasStateJune 14, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-015Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 148.003Liability for Causing Exposure to Pandemic DiseaseTexas Legislature (Civil Practice and Remedies Code ch. 148, Liability During Pandemic Emergency, added by S.B. 6)TexasStateJune 14, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-016TABC Announcement, Reminder: Businesses Prohibited From Requiring Customers To Show Proof of COVID-19 VaccinationReminder: Businesses Prohibited From Requiring Customers To Show Proof of COVID-19 VaccinationTexas Alcoholic Beverage CommissionTexas (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulatorAug. 11, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Workplace rulesVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. TX-032Senate Bill 968 (Act of June 16, 2021), § 161.0085 'COVID-19 Vaccine Passports Prohibited'Relating to public health disaster and public health emergency preparedness and response; providing a civil penaltyTexas Legislature (87th Leg., R.S.), Senate Bill 968, signed by Governor AbbottTexasStateJune 16, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Workplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-067TDCJ Connections, 'Visitation to resume in August' (July 2021)Visitation to resume in August 2021: contact visits only for vaccinated and eligible inmates, two hours, two adults and two children, two…Texas Department of Criminal JusticeTexas Department of Criminal Justice; State levelStateJuly 1, 20212021 Q3Gathering capVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-040Executive Order GA-38Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster (consolidated order: testing and hospital reporting; prohibition of governmental…Governor Greg AbbottTexasStateJuly 29, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-051Executive Order GA-38Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster (no governmental vaccine mandates; face-covering rules)Governor Greg AbbottTexasStateJuly 29, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-047Executive Order GA-38Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster (consolidation of GA-34, GA-35, GA-36; no governmental mask mandates; no vaccine…Governor Greg AbbottTexasStateJuly 29, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. TX-036Executive Order GA-38Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disasterGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateJuly 29, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-052Executive Order GA-39Relating to prohibiting vaccine mandates and vaccine passportsGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Vaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. TX-037Executive Order GA-39Relating to prohibiting vaccine mandates and vaccine passports subject to legislative actionGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Vaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. TX-039Executive Order GA-40Relating to prohibiting vaccine mandates, subject to legislative actionGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateOct. 11, 2021Vaccination or testingPrimary source read

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