General Court; approved by the Governor July 20, 1950 (emergency law), St. 1950, c. 639 (the Civil Defense Act), ss. 1, 5, 7, 8, 8A (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-012)
Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-596, s. 5), 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1)-(2) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-015)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA face-covering requirement effective May 6, 2020 (Executive Order for face coverings takes effect) (May 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-057)
MBTA (implementing COVID-19 Order No. 31), MBTA face-covering requirement for all customers effective May 6, 2020 (with rear-door boarding and disinfection protocols) (May 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-092)
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (regulation); Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (requirements issued under 27.08), 603 CMR 27.00, Student Learning Time, including 27.08 (Health and Safety Standards during a State of Emergency or Other Exigent Circumstances), as amended through February 23, 2021 (Wayback capture of February 26, 2021) (Feb. 23, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-007)
MBTA, MBTA notice: face covering enforcement takes effect November 6, 2020 (Nov. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-093)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (Lenk, Gaziano, Lowy, Budd, Cypher, Kafker, JJ.; opinion by Budd, J.), Desrosiers v. Governor, 486 Mass. 369, SJC-12983 (argued Sept. 11, 2020; decided Dec. 10, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-020)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA notice of Apr. 30, 2021: face coverings continue to be required on MBTA vehicles, stations and platforms for all riders including the fully vaccinated; State civil fines end Apr. 30, 2021, denial of boarding and removal continue (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-071)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA notice of May 14, 2021: face coverings required on vehicles, in stations and facilities, on platforms and at bus stops for all riders regardless of vaccination status (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-072)
MBTA (applying the CDC conveyance mask order, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025, and TSA security directives), MBTA reminder: face coverings required on all MBTA vehicles, stations and platforms regardless of vaccination status; refusal grounds for denial of boarding or removal (May 14, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-095)
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, 603 CMR 27.00, Student Learning Time, as most recently amended May 25, 2021 (current official text, including 27.08 as amended March 5 and May 25, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-068)
Governor Charles D. Baker, Governor's Declaration Pursuant to General Laws Chapter 17, Section 2A (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-049; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-028)
Governor Charles D. Baker, Governor's Declaration Pursuant to General Laws Chapter 17, Section 2A (the 'modified public health emergency') (May 28, 2021) (Ex. MA-049)
Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, with the approval of the Public Health Council and the Governor, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Regarding Face Coverings to be Worn in Certain Settings (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-050; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-029)
Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, with the approval of the Public Health Council and the Governor, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Regarding Face Coverings to be Worn in Certain Settings (May 28, 2021) (Ex. MA-050)
General Court; approved by the Governor (emergency law), Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2021, s. 10 (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-009; cross-reference, not re-saved); Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2021 (extension; Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-042) (Ex. DUT-MA-031)
Commissioner of Public Health, with the authorization of the Public Health Council (June 9, 2021) and the approval of the Governor, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-1 (June 14, 2021) (library exhibit MA-054; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-030)
Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, with the approval of the Public Health Council (June 9, 2021) and the Governor, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-1 (Reissuance of Certain Public Health Orders) (June 14, 2021) (Ex. MA-054)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health, Emergency Order Revoking and Replacing Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement (June 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-064)
Provincetown Select Board, Provincetown Board of Health and Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment, Public Health Advisory: Provincetown Residents and Visitors Urged to Take Precautions Due to Uptick of COVID-19 Cases (July 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-083)
Department of Public Health, Advisory Regarding Face Coverings and Cloth Masks (updated July 30, 2021) (Ex. MA-073)
City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr, Executive Orders Regarding Mandatory Face Coverings for Employees and for Visitors in all municipal buildings (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-131)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress, Director of Health and Human Services), Order and Regulation Revising Face Coverings Mandate (indoor public mask mandate) (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-063)
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021), Minutes of the Board's special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools) (Aug. 24, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048)
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Commissioner, under Board vote of Aug. 24, 2021), DESE mask requirement for all public school students (age 5+) and staff, August 25, 2021 (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-149)
Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education's August 24, 2021 vote, Implementation of DESE Mask Requirement (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. MA-071)
Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under authority voted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Aug. 24, 2021, DESE mask requirement for all public K-12 students, staff and visitors for 2021-22 (issued Aug. 25, 2021; extended Sept. 27, Oct. 26, 2021 and Jan. 10, 2022) (Ex. SEC-15-081)
Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Order Requiring Face Coverings in the City of Boston (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-013)
Licensing Board for the City of Boston (under Acting Mayor Kim Janey), Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Updated COVID-19 Operational Protocols (Aug. 23, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-014)
Acting Mayor Kim Janey (announcing the BPHC order of Aug. 20, 2021), City of Boston announcement of the indoor mask mandate and Five-Point Plan for the Delta Variant (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-019)
Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public Health, Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: masks mandated indoors in businesses, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice poster) (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-150)
Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public Health, Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: face coverings mandatory in all common areas in buildings, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice) (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-151)
Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Temporary Order Establishing an Eviction Moratorium in the City of Boston (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-040)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks in Indoor Public Places (original order effective September 3, 2021; amended September 15, 2021) (Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-036)
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)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health, Emergency Order Extending Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement (Sept. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-066)
General Court (codified statute administered by the Commissioner of Public Health), G.L. c. 17, s. 2A (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-001)
General Court (codified statute administered by the Department of Public Health), G.L. c. 111, s. 6 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-002)
General Court (codified statute; powers exercised by municipal boards of health), G.L. c. 111, s. 31 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-004)
General Court (codified statute; powers exercised by municipal boards of health), G.L. c. 111, s. 95 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-005)
General Court (codified statute; duties of selectmen and boards of health), G.L. c. 111, s. 104 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-006)
General Court (codified statute; powers of municipal boards of health), G.L. c. 111, s. 122 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-007)
General Court (codified statute; State Sanitary Code adopted by the Department of Public Health and enforced by boards of health), G.L. c. 111, s. 127A (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-008)
Department of Public Health (regulation under G.L. c. 111, ss. 6, 7 and 109 and related sections), 105 CMR 300.200 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-009)
Department of Public Health (regulation), 105 CMR 300.210 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-010)
Department of Public Health (regulation), 105 CMR 300.100 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-011)
General Court (codified statute administered by the Department of Labor Standards and the Attorney General), G.L. c. 149, s. 6 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-013)
General Court (codified statute; rules by the Attorney General), G.L. c. 149, s. 113 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-014)
Department of Public Health (State Sanitary Code, Chapter X; enforced by local boards of health), 105 CMR 590.014(A) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-019)
General Court (codified statute; adopted by cities and towns by ordinance or by-law), G.L. c. 40, s. 21D (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-018)
