Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone in conjunction with the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Order of the Mayor in Conjunction with the Board of Health requiring face coverings in essential businesses and building common areas (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-052)
Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent), Emergency Order requiring face coverings in essential businesses, on employees, in building common areas; retail occupancy limits; ice cream trucks prohibited (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-162)
Town of Brookline, Town of Brookline COVID-19 page as of May 1, 2020 (banner: 'Face coverings must be worn in public'; links to Voluntary Construction Suspension and Emergency Parking Rules) (Ex. MET-BOS-155)
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)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 31 (May 1, 2020) (library exhibit MA-016; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-024)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 31 (May 1, 2020) (Ex. MA-016)
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)
Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development with the Department of Labor Standards and the Department of Public Health (Reopening Massachusetts, Phase I package), COVID-19 Compliance Attestation Poster (English) (May 18, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MA-016)
Governor Charles D. Baker (with DLS and DPH rules under s. 2), COVID-19 Order No. 33 (May 18, 2020) (library exhibit MA-017; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-022)
Department of Labor Standards and Department of Public Health (with the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development), under COVID-19 Order No. 33, s. 2, Mandatory Safety Standards for Workplaces (Reopening Massachusetts, May 18, 2020), with the sector-specific workplace safety standards, protocol summaries and checklists issued under Order No. 33 s. 2 (May 2020 to May 2021) (Ex. DUT-MA-033)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 33 (May 18, 2020) (Ex. MA-017)
Governor Charles D. Baker; Department of Public Health; Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, Sector-Specific Workplace Safety Standards for Manufacturing to Address COVID-19 (Phase I), with checklist (May 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-10-046)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 33 (May 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-076)
Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development with the Department of Public Health, under COVID-19 Order No. 33, Sector-Specific Workplace Safety Standards for Close Contact Personal Services to Address COVID-19 (Mandatory Safety Standards) (May 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-18-030)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 38 (June 6, 2020) (Ex. MA-020)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Revising Face Coverings Mandate for Summer Months (universal mask mandate, $300 fine) (June 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-053)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad J. Sayah, M.D.) and City Manager (Louis A. DePasquale), Second Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential Buildings (June 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-021)
Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Kathleen A. Theoharides), Workplace Safety and Reopening Standards for Businesses and Other Entities Providing Youth and Adult Amateur Sports Activities - Phase III, Step 1 (July 6, 2020; amended Aug. 13, Oct. 2 and Oct. 4, 2020 and Feb. 8, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-036)
Massachusetts Gaming Commission, Minimum Requirements for the Initial Phase 3 Opening of Gaming Establishments (order approved June 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-030)
Massachusetts Gaming Commission with Plainridge Park Casino and the Harness Horsemen's Association of New England, Protocols for Conduct of Live Racing Under COVID-19 and Reopening Minimum Standards for Horse Racing and Simulcasting Operations (July 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-031)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 44 (July 2, 2020) (Ex. MA-024)
Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent), Emergency Order Regarding Use of Face Coverings in the Downtown B-5 District and All City Owned Parks (July 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-160)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA updated boarding protocols and resumption of standard fare collection effective July 20, 2020 (end of rear-door-only boarding instituted in March 2020; face coverings and operator-area distancing continue) (July 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-058)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 46 (Aug. 7, 2020) (Ex. MA-026)
Licensing Board for the City of Boston (Kathleen M. Joyce, Chairman; Lesley Delaney Hawkins, Executive Secretary and General Counsel), Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Governor's Executive Order Effective August 11, 2020 (Aug. 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-008)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 48 (Aug. 18, 2020) (library exhibit MA-028; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-026)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Third Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential Buildings (Sept. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-024)
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)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Temporary Emergency Order Concerning Gatherings in the City of Cambridge (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-026)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential Buildings (the 'October 2, 2020 Mask Order') (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-028)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 52 (Sept. 29, 2020) (Ex. MA-032)
Nantucket Board of Health, Nantucket Board of Health Emergency Order No. 13, island-wide face covering order (as described on the Town's Face Covering Orders page) (Oct. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-121)
Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, ABCC Advisory Regarding Indoor Table and Bar Service (Oct. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-084)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 55 (Nov. 2, 2020) (library exhibit MA-035; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-025)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 54 (Nov. 2, 2020) (Ex. MA-034)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 55 (Nov. 2, 2020) (Ex. MA-035)
MBTA, MBTA notice: face covering enforcement takes effect November 6, 2020 (Nov. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-093)
Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, ABCC Advisory Regarding the Rollback of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to Phase 3, Step 1, of the Reopening Plan (Dec. 11, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-087)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 57 (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. MA-038)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 63 (with the March 18, 2021 Appendix effective March 22, 2021) (Feb. 4, 2021) (Ex. MA-043)
Licensing Board for the City of Boston, Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Changes to Restaurant Capacity Restrictions (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-012)
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)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 67 (Apr. 29, 2021) (Ex. MA-046)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Amending Outdoor Mask Requirements and Requiring the Wearing of Masks in All Indoor Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential Buildings (Apr. 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-034)
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)
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)
Chelsea Board of Health, Chelsea Board of Health Indoor Mask Mandate for all Indoor Public Spaces (POST-PERIOD) (Dec. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-111)
General Court (codified statute; powers exercised by municipal boards of health), G.L. c. 111, s. 31 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-004)
