Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81C.004 · Chapter 81C. PROHIBITED CORONAVIRUS PREVENTATIVE MEASURES
PROHIBITED CLOSURE MANDATE FOR PRIVATE BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A governmental entity may not implement, order, or otherwise impose a mandate requiring the closure of a private business, public school, open-enrollment charter school, or private school to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 336 (S.B. 29), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 81B by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 22.001(19), eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81C.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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