Secretary of HHS, Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (Jan. 31, 2020, effective Jan. 27, 2020) and renewals (Apr. 21, July 23, Oct. 2, 2020; Jan. 7, Apr. 15, July 19, Oct. 15, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-019)
Mayor London N. Breed, Proclamation by the Mayor Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (Feb. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-SFO-054)
Mayor Derek S. K. Kawakami, Mayor's Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19) (Mar. 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-HNL-065)
Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser (Riverside University Health System-Public Health news release), Declaration of Local Health Emergency (announced by news release) (Mar. 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-001)
Governor Kim Reynolds, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. IA-001)
Delaware County Council, Resolution continuing the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration (Resolution 31-2020, Mar. 10, 2020) (county PDF 'COVID19Resolution.pdf') (Ex. MET-PHL-072)
Riverside County Board of Supervisors, Resolutions of the Board of Supervisors of March 10, 2020 proclaiming the existence of a Local Emergency and ratifying and extending the Declaration of Local Health Emergency (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-057)
San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors; Acting Health Officer, Declaration of Local Health Emergency and Resolutions of the Board of Supervisors proclaiming a Local Emergency and ratifying and extending the Declaration of Local Health Emergency (March 10, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-062)
Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release), Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-044)
County Judge KP George, County Judge KP George's Declaration of a Local State of Disaster (county posting) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-066)
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Proclamation Declaring a State of Emergency (Mar. 12, 2020) and amendments through the Sixth Amended Proclamation (Ex. MET-KC-012)
Hillsborough County Emergency Policy Group, Executive Order of the Hillsborough County Emergency Policy Group declaring a local state of emergency (Mar. 12, 2020), as extended weekly (Ex. MET-TPA-007)
Mayor Jane Castor, City of Tampa Executive Orders 2020-01 (Mar. 12, 2020, declaring a state of local emergency) and 2020-02 (Mar. 16, 2020, revising and readopting it), extended weekly (EOs 2020-03 Mar. 23, 2020-05 Mar. 30, 2020-06 Apr. 6, 2020-07 Apr. 13, 2020-08 Apr. 20, 2020-09 Apr. 27, 2020-10 May 4, 2020 and successors); City EO 2021-24 (May 5, 2021) redeclared and weekly extensions through 2021-2022 (Ex. MET-TPA-023)
Governor John C. Carney, Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. DE-001)
City of Sacramento (Mayor Darrell Steinberg and City Council; Director of Emergency Services), City release of Mar. 12, 2020 announcing the emergency measures adopted at the Mar. 13, 2020 special meeting (local emergency declaration, Resolution 2020-0075; cancellation of special-event permits over 250 persons; eviction prohibition; small business loans) (Ex. MET-SAC-053)
Mayor Linda Gorton, Executive Order 2020-01 (declaration that a state of emergency exists in Lexington-Fayette County) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-044)
County Executive Steve Ehlmann, County Executive declaration of emergency (COVID-19), as announced in the County's news release of Mar. 13, 2020 (Ex. MET-STL-026)
Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer, County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MT-085)
City of Palm Springs (Director of Emergency Services; City Council ratification), Declaration of the Existence of a Local Emergency (March 14, 2020) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-067)
Governor Tate Reeves, Proclamation declaring a State of Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MS-002)
Clark County Manager Yolanda T. King (declaration); Clark County (termination release), Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19), County Manager, Mar. 15, 2020 (Ex. MET-LAS-002)
Washoe County (County Manager Eric Brown; Board of County Commissioners Chair Bob Lucey); release by Communications Manager Bethany Drysdale, Washoe County Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-LAS-030)
City of Vancouver (City Manager's Office), listing Emergency Orders 2020-02 through 2020-17 and the Declaration of Civil Emergency, City Emergency Orders index (Declaration of Civil Emergency; Emergency Orders 2020-02 to 2020-17), as captured in 2021 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-026)
Houston City Council and Mayor (Office of the Mayor release), Release: City Extends Emergency Disaster Declaration; Mayor Turner Cancels City Events Through April (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-045)
Mayor John Cooper, Executive Order No. 6 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-086)
Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (John Hellerstedt, M.D.), Declaration of Public Health Disaster (March 19, 2020), renewed at 30-day intervals (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TX-009)
Mayor Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Declaration of a State of Emergency for Baltimore City (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-BAL-001)
Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Board Report 20-0325-RS1, Resolution Authorizing Expenditures and Actions in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-001)
Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Board Report 20-0325-RU1, Adopt Board Rule 2-4.2 - Emergency Authority in the Event of a Declared State of Emergency on an Interim Basis (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-002)
Governor David Y. Ige (release by the Hawaii Department of Transportation), Second Supplementary Proclamation (Mar. 21, 2020) as described in the HDOT release of Mar. 21, 2020 (Ex. ECO-C-010)
St. Louis County Department of Public Health, Residential Living Facilities Order (April 2, 2020) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-STL-056)
Wyoming Legislature (Sixty-fifth Legislature, 2020 Special Session, May 15-16, 2020); sponsor Management Council; chapter assigned May 20, 2020, Senate File No. SF1002, 'Emergency powers-Covid-19-2', Senate Enrolled Act No. 2, 2020 Wyo. Sess. Laws (Special Session) ch. 2 (standing) (Ex. DUT-WY-010)
Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Board Report 20-0624-RS1, Amend Board Report 20-0325-RS1 Resolution Authorizing Expenditures and Actions in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (June 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-003)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen, NCDHHS Secretarial Orders on long-term care facility visitation and testing (including Secretarial Order No. 3, September 4, 2020) (Sept. 4, 2020) (Ex. NC-073)
Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), Modification of the County's COVID-19 case-investigation response (Nov. 17, 2020): every positive case instructed to isolate at home until no longer contagious (10 days; fever-free 24 hours); close contacts to quarantine 14 days and not go to work, school, child care or church; priority-location exposure management (schools, long-term care, jail, food processing) (Ex. MET-PDX-041)
Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board; Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards, 8 CCR §§ 3205-3205.4 (adopted Nov. 19, 2020; effective Nov. 30, 2020; readopted with amendments June 17, 2021) (Ex. SEC-12-061)
Georgia Department of Public Health, Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and quarantine) (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. GA-067)
Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), adopting Washington DOH and CDC options, Adoption of shortened quarantine options for close contacts outside high-priority settings (10 days without symptoms; 7 days with a negative test on or after day 5), Dec. 9, 2020; full 14 days retained for long-term care, health care, food processing, jail, school and child-care workers (Ex. MET-PDX-042)
Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 33, ch. 15, Mississippi Emergency Management Law); Governor as the officer empowered, Miss. Code Ann. § 33-15-11(b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(17) and (c)(1) (legislative reprint of 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-005)
St. Louis County Department of Public Health (Acting Director Dr. Faisal Khan), Sixth Amended Quarantine and Isolation Order (Apr. 21, 2021) (Ex. MET-STL-067)
Government of Japan under art. 32(1) of the Act on Special Measures, Third Declaration of a State of Emergency (Apr. 23, 2021; Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, later expanded) and Fourth Declaration (announced July 8, 2021; Tokyo from July 12, 2021; Okinawa continued; expanded in August to Osaka, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and other prefectures), extended to Sept. 30, 2021; quasi-emergency measures in additional prefectures (Ex. FOR-027)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Elizabeth Hertel), MDHHS Emergency Order: Testing requirements for residential care facilities (May 5, 2021) (Ex. MI-070)
Washington State Legislature; signed by Governor Inslee May 11, 2021, Washington State Legislature bill summary, SB 5115 (2021-22), Establishing health emergency labor standards (May 11, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-008)
Governor Ralph DLG. Torres / COVID-19 Task Force and CHCC, Release: Quarantine protocols eased for those traveling to the CNMI who are fully vaccinated (May 15, 2021) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-151)
County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks, Executive Order 14-2021 (May 26, 2021), as amended by Executive Order 17-2021 (June 28, 2021) (Ex. MET-DCM-124)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Elizabeth Hertel), MDHHS Emergency Order: Agricultural worker testing (re-issued) (June 11, 2021) (Ex. MI-075)
Office of Governor Larry Hogan (press release), Governor's release (June 15, 2021): Governor Hogan Announces End of COVID-19 State of Emergency; Emergency Mandates and Restrictions to End July 1, Followed By 45-Day Administrative Grace Period (Ex. MD-076)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Elizabeth Hertel), MDHHS Emergency Order: Requirements for Prisons (June 25, 2021) (Ex. MI-077)
Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health Officer, Emergency Epidemic Order in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (continuing declaration of local emergency) (June 23, 2021) (Ex. MET-DET-055)
California Department of Public Health, CDPH, COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year (July 12, 2021, as later amended) (Ex. ECO-B-086)
Secretary of HHS, Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (July 19, 2021, effective July 20, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-011)
Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Board Report 21-0728-RS7, Resolution Authorizing Expenditures and Actions in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Moving Forward Together Initiative for FY22 (July 28, 2021) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-006)
Washington State Department of Health (incorporated by Proclamation 20-09.4), DOH 820-105, K-12 COVID-19 Requirements for Summer 2021 and the 2021-2022 School Year (later retitled Requirements and Guidance to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission in K-12 Schools) (July 28, 2021) (Ex. WA-076)
UG Board of Commissioners (8-2) on the Local Health Officer's recommendation (Deputy Health Officer Dr. Erin Corriveau), Unified Government indoor mask order (Aug. 5, 2021), extended Sept. 9, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-073)
County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks, Executive Order No. 18-2021 (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. MET-DCM-128)
Anchorage School District (Superintendent Deena Bishop; School Board acceptance Aug. 3, 2021), Anchorage School District universal indoor masking requirement for the 2021-22 school year (Aug. 3, 2021) (Ex. AK-093)
Lincoln Public Schools (Superintendent Steve Joel), following Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department guidance, Lincoln Public Schools face-covering requirement for the 2021-22 school year (KLKN report, Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. NE-109)
Jefferson County Board of Education / Superintendent Marty Pollio, JCPS universal masking requirement for the 2021-22 school year (July 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-SDF-046)
Fayette County Board of Education / Superintendent Demetrus Liggins, FCPS mask requirement and quarantine rules for the 2021-22 school year (Aug. 3, 2021) (Ex. MET-SDF-048)
Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today), Announced expiry of the State of Emergency on August 15, 2021 and the Governor's reconsideration (August 2021) (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. MS-077)
Secretary of Public Education Ryan Stewart, 6.12.15 NMAC, COVID-19 School Requirements (emergency rule filed August 12, 2021) (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-049)
Mayor Bruce Teague, Mayor's Order requiring face coverings (with Proclamation of Civil Emergency) (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. IA-067)
Lisa Cupid, Chairwoman, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19 surge), Aug. 19, 2021, as described in the County's release of the same date (Ex. MET-ATL-043)
Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Office of Communications (news release), M-DCPS news release: '2021-2022 M-DCPS Back-to-School COVID-19 Safety Protocols' (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-MIA-095)
Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Board Report 21-0825-PO2, Adopt a New Remote Education Policy on a Final Basis (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-007)
School District of Philadelphia (Superintendent William R. Hite Jr.), implementing the Mayor's and Health Commissioner's orders requiring masks indoors at schools (Exs. MET-PHL-018, 019), School District of Philadelphia 2021-22 health and safety plan: universal masking of students and staff regardless of vaccination status for the school year opening Aug. 31, 2021 (July 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-092)
Yolo County (homepage), Yolo County homepage as captured Sept. 1, 2021: notice of the new Face Covering Health Order and of the amended Local Quarantine Health Order (Ex. MET-SAC-072)
Medical Director Michael P. Hirsh, M.D., Worcester Division of Public Health (City of Worcester), Two Emergency Orders: (1) Mandating Face Coverings in Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; (2) Requiring Employers to Report Positive Cases in the Workplace (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-130)
Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today), Extension of the COVID-19 State of Emergency for thirty days (Sept. 10, 2021) (Ex. MS-054)
Salt Lake City Council (action reported by KSL), City Council resolution extending the Mayor's K-12 school mask emergency order 30 days (vote of Sept. 14, 2021, 6-1) (Ex. MET-SLC-034)
CTUIR Board of Trustees (unanimous resolution); release by CTUIR communications, Board of Trustees resolution reinstating the Public Health Emergency on the Umatilla Indian Reservation (September 2021) (Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-083)
County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks, Executive Order No. 21-2021 (Sept. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-DCM-130)
Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today), Press report (Mississippi Today, Nov. 11, 2021) of the Governor's announcement that the COVID-19 State of Emergency would expire November 20, 2021 (Ex. MS-055)
Legislature of Mississippi (House Bill 612, 2022 Regular Session, as introduced; died in committee Feb. 1, 2022), Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-5 and § 41-3-15 (legislative reprint of 2022) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-007)
Ballotpedia, School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2021-2022 academic year (school mask requirements and bans, staff and student vaccine requirements, litigation) (Aug. 1, 2022) (Ex. SEC-15-003)
Kansas Legislature (enrolled Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29, 2025 Session; L. 2025, ch. 115), Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29 (2025), enrolled bill amending K.S.A. 65-101, 65-119 and 65-129b (the struck text is the statute as it stood throughout 2020-2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-KS-001)
Department of Health (rule); text read in the Legal Information Institute (Cornell) compilation of the Hawaii Administrative Rules, Hawaii Administrative Rules § 11-156-5, Isolation (chapter 11-156, Communicable Diseases) (standing) (Ex. DUT-HI-011)
Department of Health, Disease Outbreak Control Division, Department of Health web page, 'Hawaii Isolation and Control Requirements' (Reporting an Illness: For Healthcare Providers) (standing) (Ex. DUT-HI-012)
Chester County Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department (Jeanne Casner, Director, 2020; Jeanne Franklin, Public Health Director, 2021); President Judge of the 15th Judicial District, Chester County instruments: COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration (March 2020); intergovernmental agreement to serve Delaware County (approved Mar. 18, 2020; ended July 31, 2021); Health Department school guidance (Aug. 4, 2020) and 2021-22 close-contact, symptomatic and antigen-testing instructions (Aug. 2021); 'Simple Ask: Wear a Mask' campaign (2020); First Amended Declaration of Judicial Emergency of the Court of Common Pleas (2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-090)
