Wuhan Municipal Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Headquarters (reported by Xinhua), Notice No. 1 (Jan. 23, 2020): suspension of public transport and outbound travel from Wuhan; Hubei provincial lockdown; State Council extension of the Spring Festival holiday (Jan. 26-27, 2020) and staggered work resumption (Feb. 2020) (Ex. FOR-023)
Indiana Occupational Safety Standards Commission (rule compiled in the Indiana Administrative Code; text as mirrored by the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School), 620 IAC 1-1-1, Recordkeeping requirements; construction industry; adoption of federal standards (Title 620, Article 1, Rule 1, Section 1) (standing) (Ex. DUT-IN-019)
Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (Director Scott R. Frakes), NDCS 'Coronavirus Health Update' page (as archived Apr. 11, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-076)
Colorado Department of Revenue, Liquor Enforcement Division, LED Bulletin 20-02, Lawful Product Returns for Event Cancellations Attributable to COVID-19 Concerns (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-107)
State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission dates (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools, City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubs (Ex. MET-BOS-007)
Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governments, ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-018)
Husch Blackwell LLP, 'Arizona: State-by-State COVID-19 Guidance' tracker (law-firm tracker; capture Feb. 4, 2021), Tracker entries: City of Phoenix Mayor's emergency declaration (Mar. 17, 2020); City of Tucson Mayor's proclamations (Mar. 17 and Mar. 30, 2020 entries); Tucson curfew ordinance (Dec. 3, 2020 entry); Maricopa and Pima face-covering rules (June 22, 2020 entry) (Ex. MET-PHX-036)
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, Closure of all Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores at the end of business Mar. 17, 2020 (indefinite); limited online sales resumed Apr. 1, 2020; curbside pickup from Apr. 20, 2020 (under the Governor's Apr. 20 amendment, PA-110); phased store reopening with the county phases from May 8, 2020 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-117)
The Hopi Tribe (Office of the Chairman; Hopi Emergency Response Team); account by the Hopi Media Specialist, Public Health Emergency declaration (Mar. 18, 2020); Stay-At-Home Orders (first Mar. 23, 2020, extended to July and to the end of August 2020; six orders in total); nightly curfew and travel halt (June 2020), as recounted on the Tribe's COVID-19 Response and Resources page (Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-086)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, MNOSHA Compliance, DLI, 'MNOSHA Compliance: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)' web page (captures Mar. 18, 2020; June 21, 2020; Oct. 22, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MN-020)
Minister of Health under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342); National Security Council (Movement Control Order), Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Declaration of Infected Local Areas) Order 2020 [P.U.(A) 87/2020, Mar. 17, 2020] and Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within the Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2020 [P.U.(A) 91/2020, Mar. 18, 2020] - the Movement Control Order (MCO), as reproduced in Malaysian Bar Circular No. 066/2020 (Ex. FOR-031)
Director of Health Amy Acton, M.D., Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout Ohio (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-036)
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 Joe Meyer, Declaration of a State of Emergency (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-CIN-037)
Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner of Health and Social Services; Chief Medical Officer, COVID-19 Health Mandate 005 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-068)
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (Chief Executive Officer), Virginia ABC message to customers and industry partners, March 20, 2020 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-078)
Governor Douglas A. Ducey, Executive Order 2020-10 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-03-028)
Department of Defense (statement attributed to Lt. Col. Mike Andrews), Release, Partnering with the U.S. Defense Industrial Base to Combat COVID-19 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-106)
Governor Jared Polis, Executive Order D 2020 009 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-113)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order No. 20-10 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-031)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-10 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-03-012)
Clay County Public Health Center, Director Gary Zaborac, Clay County Public Health Emergency Orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Orders 05272020, 05312020, 06152020, 07012020, 08212020, 11172020, 01132021, 02212021 (Ex. MET-KC-075)
Platte County Health Department (Director Mary Jo Vernon) under the Platte County state of emergency, Platte County Health Department orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Amended Orders effective July 1, July 16, Nov. 23, 2020, Jan. 16 and Feb. 22, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-076)
Food and Drug Administration, CDRH, Guidance: Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (Mar. 25, 2020; revised Apr. 2020, May 2020, Sept. 2021; superseded Sept. 5, 2023) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-044)
Mayor Walt Maddox, Tuscaloosa curfew orders of March 2020 (10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. from March 27; 24-hour curfew from 10:00 p.m. March 29 through April 11, 2020) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AL-094)
Chairman Ned Norris Jr, Executive Order of Mar. 30, 2020 (stay at home; curfew), extended Apr. 17, 2020; curfew removed by EO 2021-02 (Apr. 20, 2021) (Ex. AZ-095)
Prime Minister of Vietnam (Directive 16/CT-TTg, Mar. 31, 2020); Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and southern provincial People's Committees (July-Sept. 2021), as tracked by Vietnam Briefing (Dezan Shira & Associates), Directive 16/CT-TTg (Mar. 31, 2020): nationwide social distancing Apr. 1-15, 2020; Ho Chi Minh City under Directive 16 from July 9, 2021; sixteen southern localities under Directive 16 from July 18-19, 2021; factories required to house workers on site ('three on-site') from July 2021; restrictions eased Oct. 1, 2021 (Ex. FOR-033)
Mayor Sandy Stimpson, City of Mobile stay-at-home order and curfew (announced April 3, 2020) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AL-093)
Governor Kristi Noem, Executive Order 2020-12 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-052)
Department of Defense, Release, First DoD Defense Production Act Title 3 COVID-19 Project (Apr. 11, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-107)
Judith Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Executive Directive No. 20-008 (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-056)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Ventilator Prioritization Guidelines: COVID-19 Pandemic Response (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-107)
Department of Defense, Release, DOD Details $133 Million Defense Production Act Title 3 COVID-19 Project (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-108)
Department of Defense, Release, DOD Details $75 Million Defense Production Act Title 3 Puritan Contract (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-109)
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, Secretary's letters of May 5, 2020 to meat and poultry processors and to governors ('Secretary Perdue Issues Letters on Meat Packing Expectations', USDA release of May 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-002)
Department of Defense, Release, DOD Awards $126 Million Contract to 3M, Increasing Production of N95 Masks (May 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-110)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (with the Governor's direction of Apr. 30, 2020), MTA press release, 'MTA Welcoming Riders to Subway with Increased Overnight Service Beginning Early Tomorrow Morning' (Feb. 21, 2021), describing the nightly subway closure since May 6, 2020 and its reduction to 2 a.m.-4 a.m. from Feb. 22, 2021 (Ex. MET-NYC-047)
State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan (plaintiff); Rutland Superior Court (temporary restraining order); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), May 15, 2020, State of Vermont v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division, filed May 15, 2020): complaint for preliminary injunction and civil penalties; temporary restraining order granted May 15, 2020 (Ex. DUT-VT-018)
City of Miami Beach (public notice of amended emergency measures), City of Miami Beach notice: 'City curfew at 12:30 am and restaurants must close at midnight for dine-in and take-out' (amendments effective July 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-MIA-090)
City of Lincoln (Lincoln Municipal Code ch. 8.18) as recited by the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Health Director's power to close or restrict access to any business; penalty for violating a Directed Health Measure (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-013)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Amendment 1 of Order 9 from the Chief Medical Director (with Amendment 2, July 24, 2020) (July 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-047)
Department of Defense, Release, DOD Announces $77.3 Million in Defense Production Act Title III COVID-19 Actions (July 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-111)
City of Palm Springs (City Manager as Director of Emergency Services), Supplementary Order Requiring Early Closure for Restaurants, Bars, Wineries, Distilleries & Breweries (July 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-064)
St. Louis County Department of Public Health, Third Amended Order for Business and Individual Guidelines for Social Distancing and Re-Opening (July 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-STL-061)
Mayor Robert F. Sullivan, Brockton COVID-19 Executive Orders and Announcements page: Executive Order of Aug. 21, 2020 (citywide curfew 11 p.m.-5 a.m. from Aug. 22, 2020); Executive Order of Dec. 14, 2020 (return to Phase Two, Step Two from Dec. 16, 2020, lifted Jan. 6, 2021); City buildings closed to the public from Dec. 7, 2020 (Ex. MET-BOS-172)
Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Executive Directive No. 20-027 (Aug. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-025)
Illinois Department of Public Health; Governor JB Pritzker, Region 4 Tier 2 resurgence mitigations (announced Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2020; effective Sept. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-STL-109)
Governor Ralph DLG. Torres, Release: Temporary Restrictions Lifted; CNMI Returns to Community Vulnerability Level BLUE (Sept. 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-149)
Judge Robert Mello, Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division (decision of September 2020); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), September 30, 2020, State v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. / Manovill v. State of Vermont, Scott and Donovan (Rutland Super. Ct., Civ. Div.): decision granting the State's motion to dismiss the gym owner's constitutional and takings claims (19 pages, week of September 28, 2020) (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. DUT-VT-019)
St. Louis County Department of Public Health, Fourth Amended Order for Business and Individual Guidelines for Social Distancing and Re-Opening (Oct. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-STL-062)
City of Palm Springs (City Manager as Director of Emergency Services; City Council urgency ordinances), City's Emergency Orders web page (archived October 17, 2020) listing the orders 'still in effect' (Oct. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-056)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-048)
Cascade City-County Board of Health, Board of Health Order of Oct. 28, 2020 (effective Nov. 1, 2020): gatherings capped at 50; bars, restaurants, casinos, gyms, movie theaters at 50 percent capacity; places of worship 75 percent; 12:30 a.m. closing unchanged (Ex. MT-083)
RiverStone Health (Yellowstone County health department), explaining the Health Officer Order of Nov. 9, 2020, Frequently Asked Questions: Yellowstone County Health Officer Order, November 9, 2020 (Nov. 9, 2020) (Ex. MT-051)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Second Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-027)
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Eleventh Amended Order 20-01 (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-019)
Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer, Cascade City-County Health Department; Board of Health (Jan. 20, 2021 amendments), Order of Health Officer of Nov. 20, 2020 (mirroring the Governor's Nov. 17 Directive: gatherings 25 without distancing / 50 with distancing; 50 percent capacity; 10 p.m. closing; masks and distancing required of all businesses), continued Jan. 6, 2021 and loosened effective 5:00 a.m. Jan. 22, 2021 (75 percent capacity; 12:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. closure; events of 250 indoor / 500 outdoor with approved plans; gathering caps and masks retained) until the case rate is at or below 25 per 100,000 for four consecutive weeks (Ex. MT-084)
Local Health Officer / UG Board of Commissioners, Local Health Officer order re-tightening restrictions (November 2020), as amended Feb. 24, 2021 (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-072)
Oregon Health Authority (under EO 20-66 para. 2-4), OHA Sector Risk Level Guidance Chart and sector guidance under the County Risk framework (Dec. 3, 2020-June 29, 2021, revised repeatedly) (Ex. OR-062)
White Mountain Apache Tribe (Tribal Council / Chairman's emergency orders), 72-hour lockdown Dec. 4-7, 2020 with 10 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew and mask mandate (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. AZ-099)
Warm Springs Tribal Council (vote 5-2-1) with the COVID-19 Response Team; release by the Director of Government Affairs and Planning, Tribal Council action of December 2020 (Tribal Government shutdown Dec. 10-27, 2020; stay-home directive; curfew 10:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m.), as described in the Tribe's Community Update of Dec. 11, 2020 (Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-081)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Fourth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director (Dec. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-028)
KLKN-TV report of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department DHM effective Dec. 18, 2020, KLKN, 'New DHMs start Friday, bars to open' (Dec. 17, 2020) (Ex. NE-084)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Fifth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-016)
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), Illinois General Assembly (The Flinn Report), describing the Illinois Department of Public Health's emergency rule, Emergency amendment to 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690 (Section 690.50), 45 Ill. Reg. 987, effective January 4, 2021, as summarized in The Flinn Report, Vol. 45, Issue 3 (Jan. 15, 2021), with JCAR's vote of January 12, 2021 (Jan. 4, 2021) (Ex. DUT-IL-019)
St. Louis County Department of Public Health, Amended Safer At Home Order (effective January 4, 2021) (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-STL-104)
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Twelfth Amended Order 20-01 (Jan. 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-020)
State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan; Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (settlement filed for court approval January 15, 2021); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), January 15, 2021, State v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. (Rutland Super. Ct., Civ. Div.): settlement filed January 15, 2021 (agreement to comply with the Governor's executive order; $1,000 payment) (Jan. 15, 2021) (Ex. DUT-VT-020)
Director, Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services, Boone County Order No. 2020-18C (Jan. 14, 2021) (Ex. MO-055)
Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer, Missoula County bar and restaurant restrictions: 50 percent capacity and eight per table (October 2020); 10 p.m. closing (December 2020); Board revision of Jan. 21, 2021 (effective Jan. 22, 2021: capacity cap removed, 2 a.m. closing, eight per table, table service only, six-foot spacing, gaming machines spaced, masks except while eating or drinking) (Ex. MT-080)
Mayor Robert F. Sullivan, Executive Order - Public Health Curfew Rescission (withdrawing the citywide 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. curfew) (Jan. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-170)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Interim COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy (Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-104)
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)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Elizabeth Hertel), MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253: Gatherings and Face Mask Order (Feb. 4, 2021) (Ex. MI-065)
St. Louis County Department of Public Health, Third Amended Safer At Home Order (February 9-10, 2021) (Feb. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-STL-105)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Seventh Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Interim Chief Medical Director (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-018)
Clay County Public Health Center (Director Gary Zaborac) (report); orders signed by the Director under a county state of emergency declared by Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte, Clay County Public Health Center Annual Report 2020 ('In the year of 2020 COVID-19' timeline of public health emergency orders) (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-074)
WTHR-TV (13News), reporting MCPHD enforcement action, News report of license suspensions (Mar. 23, 2021) (Ex. MET-IND-096)
St. Louis County Department of Public Health, Fifth Amended Safer At Home Order (April 8, 2021) (Apr. 8, 2021) (Ex. MET-STL-106)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 14 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Modified Phase Four (amended May 7, 2021), with Twelfth Amended and Restated Order 10 (Apr. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-022)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Elizabeth Hertel), MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253: Gatherings and Face Mask Order (Apr. 16, 2021) (Ex. MI-068)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health, Phase Two reopening emergency rule (bars, restaurants, casinos, breweries and distilleries closing at 10 p.m.; 50 percent capacity), as amended April 2021 (eight per table; bar-stool spacing 3 feet), and Board action removing the enforcement mechanism of the Quarantine and Isolation Rule and the nursing-home visitation rules (April 2021) (Apr. 19, 2021) (Ex. MT-077)
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)
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Governor's press release, 'Governor Cuomo Announces New York City Subway Will Resume 24 Hour Service Beginning May 17' (May 3, 2021) (Ex. MET-NYC-048)
Prime Minister's Office and National Security Council; Ministry of International Trade and Industry (manufacturing approvals), MCO 2.0 (Jan. 13, 2021, selected states); nationwide MCO 3.0 from May 12, 2021; nationwide 'total lockdown' (Phase 1 of the National Recovery Plan) from June 1, 2021, with essential manufacturing limited to a 60 percent workforce and other sectors closed; NRP phases through the third quarter of 2021 (May 28, 2021) (Ex. FOR-032)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Interim COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy (updated June 8, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-108)
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)
Indiana Department of Labor (press release quoting Michelle Ellison, IOSHA deputy commissioner), as reproduced in full by WIMS Radio, LaPorte, Indiana, IDOL news release, 'Indiana Employers Made Diligent Efforts to Protect Employees During Pandemic' (Sept. 16, 2022), reproduced as 'Indiana Department of Labor: Employers made diligent efforts to protect employees during pandemic,' WIMS Radio (Sept. 17, 2022) (Ex. DUT-IN-020)
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)
Arizona Legislature (Arizona Revised Statutes, title 36, ch. 1, art. 1), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-AZ-021)
