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A joint standing order of the Travis County District Courts and County Courts at Law relating to the disclosure of a defendant's communicable-disease status to protect court and jail personnel and the parties.
Applies to the disclosure of communicable-disease information in Travis County criminal proceedings. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
D-1-GN-61-121012 C-1-CR-11-100054 STATE OF TEXAS AND COUNTY OF TRAVIS § IN THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY COURTS OF LAW HANDLING CRIMINAL CASES STANDING ORDER RELATED TO DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE BY TRAVIS COUNTY PRE-TRIAL SERVICES In the interest of community safety and in response to the Governor's declaration of a state of disaster and various Executive Orders, the Judges of the Travis County District and Statutory County Courts, acting consistently with the Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals' First, Twelfth, and Seventeenth Emergency Orders regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, hereby designate Travis County Community Justice Services (TCCJS) as participants in criminal proceedings. TCCJS is ordered to facilitate the disclosure of certain, enumerated health information, including communicable disease reports or records protected by Chapter 81 of the Texas Health & Safety Code, between a defendant, the criminal court having jurisdiction over the defendant's case or in which a defendant's criminal case is pending, and any company who is under contract to supply court-ordered monitoring devices to the defendant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aforementioned agency shall, prior to disclosing the health information, seek the verbal consent of the defendant whose health information is to be disclosed. If the defendant refuses, or is unable, to provide consent prior to the time that the defendant is scheduled to (a) appear in court; (b) participate in an in-person intervention session or treatment program; (c) or have a statutorily prescribed monitoring device installed or serviced, then the agencies and departments may disclose the information to the extent necessary to protect the health and life of court and program staff, attorneys, monitoring device companies, and the public. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the agency specifically named herein take the actions described above, and any other reasonable action, to control the spread of communicable disease and avoid exposing court proceedings, treatment program and monitoring device company staff, jail facilities, and the public to COVID-19. A copy of this Standing Order shall be transmitted to the Sheriff of Travis County and the Director of Travis County TCCJS. This Order is effective immediately and will remain in effect until thirty days after the Governor's state of disaster declaration expires or is terminated, at which point the Judges will reconsider the needs of the community and either lift or continue the Order depending on the circumstances. Signed on the 20th day of August, 2020. [signature] Judge Brenda Kennedy, Presiding Judge, Travis County Criminal Courts [File stamp: FILED FOR RECORD, 2020 AUG 20 PM 2:30, DANA DEBEAUVOIR, COUNTY CLERK, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS] [Handwritten: V. 2463 P. 203]
D-1-GN-61-121012 C-1-CR-11-100054 STATE OF TEXAS AND COUNTY OF TRAVIS § IN THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY COURTS OF LAW HANDLING CRIMINAL CASES STANDING ORDER RELATED TO DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE BY TRAVIS COUNTY PRE-TRIAL SERVICES In the interest of community safety and in response to the Governor's declaration of a state of disaster and various Executive Orders, the Judges of the Travis County
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan at a summary level, faithful to the order's title and type (image-only). Bound to Travis County (criminal). [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 dbed6d57c0b4..., 1 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.