| 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. MET-AUS-072 | 3rd 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 Becerra | Hays County, Texas (county-wide; stricter municipal orders control within city limits)County | Mar. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-TX-020 | Open Texas, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for All Employers (version archived May 12, 2020)Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for All Employers | Governor Greg Abbott (Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas) with the Texas Department of State Health Services | TexasState | May 12, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. TX-047 | State 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 preempted | Court of Appeals for the Eighth District of Texas (Alley, C.J.) | Texas (El Paso County)Court | Nov. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersCurfew and hours | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-051 | Executive Order NW-17 (Thanksgiving curfew; restaurant curfew; hospital capacity reserve)Executive Order NW-17 of County Judge Nelson W. Wolff | County Judge Nelson W. Wolff | Bexar County, TexasCounty | Nov. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-052 | Eleventh 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-19 | Mayor Ron Nirenberg | City of San Antonio, TexasCity | Nov. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-014 | Order 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 schools | Mayor Steve Adler | City of Austin, TexasCity | Dec. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Stay-at-homeCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-046 | County 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 Brown | Travis County, Texas (all cities and municipalities within the county listed in Exhibit A)County | Dec. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Stay-at-homeCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursOther | 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 | |