June 2020 update: Note that the below information is no longer up-to-date. Governor Abbott’s statewide emergency orders have largely superseded many of the local stay-at-home orders, and many local orders have been allowed to expire. This webpage remains active for historical documentation purposes, but the information on this webpage should not be relied upon as accurate.
Updated April 14, 2020

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, A number of Texas counties and cities are issuing shelter-in-place (or “remain at home”) orders, and we expect more to be issued in the coming hours and days.
Shelter-in-place orders prohibit the ability of the general public to travel within the restricted area, except to perform certain essential functions or tasks, such as obtaining food, medical services, working in an essential profession, 等.
THLA has been contacting local governments across 国家 and with the Governor’s Office to ensure that hotels will remain open to house guests. Stranded travelers, extended stay guests living in hotels, and individuals looking to stay somewhere to isolate themselves from household members all depend on hotels for temporary housing.
Additionally, hotels are beginning to enter into arrangements with local 医院, federal authorities, 国家, 军事, 医院, first responders, and more to help them serve and house COVID-19 quarantined or exposed individuals.
For each of the shelter-in-place orders in effect as of publication, hotels may continue to operate as businesses essential to the health and safety of the community, and hotel employees may continue to travel from their residence to the hotel to perform work, unless specifically noted.
We are gathering as many local shelter-in-place orders as we can find.
Note this list may not be complete, as counties and cities continue to issue orders. If your area has gone under a shelter-in-place order but it is not listed here, please send Justin a brief note by email at , and we will update our list.
- Angelina County (Lufkin)
- Bastrop County
- Bexar县 (San Antonio)
- 贝尔县 (Killeen, Temple, Belton)
- 鲍伊县 (Texarkana, TX)
- Brazoria County
- 布拉索斯河县 (Bryan, College Station)
- Brewster County – note, hotels must close to transient guests or non-governmental entities
- Caldwell County
- Cameron County (Rio Grande Valley)
- 广州 (城市顺序)
- 卡斯特罗县
- Chamber County
- 科林县
- Dallas County
- Denton County
- 艾利斯县
- 埃尔帕索
- Fayette County
- Fort Bend County
- Galveston County
- Galveston City order
- 格雷格县
- Hardin County
- Harris County (休斯顿)
- Harrison County (Marshall)
- 海斯县 (圣马科斯)
- Hidalgo County (Rio Grande Valley) – note this is a curfew order
- 亨特县 (格林维尔)
- Jasper County
- Jeff Davis County – note, hotels must close to transient guests or non-governmental entities
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Kaufman County
- Lampasas (城市顺序)
- 李县
- 利县
- 大草原县
- 朗维尤 (城市顺序)
- Lubbock County
- McLennan County (韦科)
- 米拉姆县
- Montgomery County
- Nacogdoches County
- Navarro County
- 牛顿县
- Nueces County (Corpus Christi)
- Orange County
- 波尔克县
- Potter County
- Presidio County – note, hotels must close to transient guests or non-governmental entities
- Randall County
- Robertson County
- Rockwall County
- Sabine County
- San Augustine County
- San Jacinto County
- 史密斯县 (泰勒)
- Stephens County
- Tarrant County (Fort Worth, Arlington, Grapevine)
- 特拉维斯县 (Austin) – Note, 特拉维斯县’s order includes a face covering requirement
- Trinity County
- 泰勒县 (Woodville)
- Wichita County
- Williamson County (Round Rock, Georgetown)
- 木县
- 年轻的县
Additionally, here is a letter template you can download and adapt to provide notice to guests staying at your hotel property informing the guest that the area is under a shelter-in-place order.
For hotel employees, you can adapt and provide this document indicating the employee is traveling from his/her own residence to the hotel to perform essential services.
These shelter-in-place orders apply in addition to Governor Abbott’s statewide executive order issued on March 19th, and revised on March 31st. The most stringent provisions of both the statewide and local order will apply. More information on Governor Abbott’s order is here. If you have questions about the particular details of an order that apply to your operations, do not hesitate to contact us.