Louisiana State Police Address COVID-19 Related Travel Concerns for Louisiana Motorists Traveling into Texas

Published March 30, 2020

From Louisiana State Police – Louisiana State Police continues to receive numerous calls from Louisiana residents regarding travel restrictions ordered by the Texas Governor. Nothing in the Texas executive order “closes” the border or otherwise restricts traveling into or out of Texas as long as Louisiana residents comply with the directions of the order which “mandates a 14-day self-quarantine for every person who enters the State of Texas through roadways from Louisiana.” Additionally, there are clear exemptions to the order for certain individuals. This order does not prohibit or limit in any way motorists’ ability to travel into Texas for scheduled medical treatment.

Furthermore, the order to self-quarantine shall not apply to people traveling in connection with commercial activity, military service, emergency response, health response, or critical-infrastructure functions.

Louisiana residents planning to travel into Texas must adhere to the following:

• Visitors must remain in the designated quarantine location for a period of 14 days or the duration of the person’s presence in Texas, whichever is shorter
• Persons may leave their designated location to seek medical care.
• Individuals should fill out the requested formhttps://www.dps.texas.gov/covidtravel/groundTravel.pdf in advance of travel into Texas.
• Motorists may depart Texas at any time

Should you have questions and need to contact Texas DPS about complying with the Executive Order, please call Texas DPS at (844) 986-1093 or visit https://gov.texas.gov/coronavirus