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December 2020

The governmental orders and related instruments issued in December 2020, day by day. Open a day for its full list, or move through the months on the strip below.

2020 Q4 Fourth quarter of 2020461 instruments dated this month444 exhibit files (411 MB)
The month’s 444 exhibit files (411 MB) exceed the download cap of 150 files or 400 MB per ZIP. Open a day to download its exhibits, or narrow the set in the Library.
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  • IN-047 Indiana: Executive Order 20-49
  • MS-045 Mississippi (Adams, Amite, Coahoma, Franklin, Jefferson, Kemper…
  • NE-061 Nebraska (all public bodies): Executive Order 20-36
  • AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-063 United States (U.S. Department of Transportation; DOT's own…
  • MET-DEN-027 City and County of Denver, Colorado: Fact Sheet: Denver Level…
  • MET-DEN-042 City and County of Denver, Colorado: Amended Level Red Public…
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223
  • AZ-032 Arizona: Executive Order 2020-59
  • AZ-033 Arizona: Executive Order 2020-60
  • NE-090 Nebraska: DHHS COVID-19 Weekly Update, Dec. 2, 2020
  • AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-031 New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)…
  • NM-042 New Mexico: Public Health Emergency Order of December 2, 2020…
  • NY-038 New York: Executive Order No. 202.79
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327
  • CA-020 California: Regional Stay at Home Order
  • SEC-18-024 California: Regional Stay at Home Order
  • KY-036 Kentucky: Executive Order 2020-996
  • NE-024 Nebraska: Outline of Changes to Upcoming DHMs (statewide…
  • NE-025 Nebraska (Dakota County; identical statewide form): Directed…
  • OR-062 Oregon: OHA Sector Risk Level Guidance Chart and sector guidance…
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421
  • AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-016 California Department of Parks and Recreation (State agency)…
  • GA-067 Georgia: Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and…
  • HI-051 Hawaii: News release, Hawaii Department of Health updates…
  • ID-039 Idaho: Proclamation continuing the state of emergency (Dec. 4…
  • LA-024 Louisiana: Proclamation 174 JBE 2020
  • TN-026 Tennessee: Executive Order No. 68
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  • CA-021 California: Supplement to the Regional Stay at Home Order
  • TX-027 Texas: Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declaration
  • MET-LA-077 City of Long Beach: Safer at Home Order for Control of COVID-19…
  • DUT-CT-002 Connecticut: Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-206 (nuisances; orders…
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  • SEC-16-050 Colorado: Third Amended Public Health Order 20-36 COVID-19 Dial
  • DC-080 District of Columbia: Mayor's Order 2020-123
  • MA-065 Massachusetts: Order of the Commissioner of Public Health…
  • MI-061 Michigan: MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253: Gatherings…
  • WY-038 Wyoming: Eighteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide…
  • WY-039 Wyoming: Eighteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide…
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  • MA-038 Massachusetts: COVID-19 Order No. 57
  • MA-039 Massachusetts: COVID-19 Order No. 58
  • NC-023 North Carolina: Executive Order No. 181
  • UT-033 Utah: State Public Health Order 2020-26
  • MET-SAT-054 Bexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority)…
  • MET-SAT-053 Bexar County, Texas: Executive Order NW-18
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  • AL-039 Alabama: Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation…
  • AL-040 Alabama: Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain…
  • IA-032 Iowa: Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to January…
  • KS-037 Kansas: Kansas EO 20-69 (Dec. 9, 2020) and KDHE Secretary's…
  • ME-044 Maine: Executive Order 18 FY 20/21
  • MS-046 Mississippi: Executive Order 1535
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  • DE-033 Delaware: Fourth Revision to the Twenty-Seventh Modification…
  • IN-048 Indiana: Executive Order 20-50
  • AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-036 New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)…
  • ND-067 North Dakota: Executive Order 2020-43.2 (Corrected)
  • OH-040 Ohio: Director's Amended Order that All Persons Stay at Home…
  • PA-028 Pennsylvania: Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania…
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  • AR-012 Arkansas: Executive Order 20-51
  • IL-032 Illinois: Executive Order 2020-74 (COVID-19 Executive Order No.…
  • ME-045 Maine: Executive Order 19 FY 20/21
  • NM-044 New Mexico: Executive Order 2020-085
  • NY-039 New York: Executive Order No. 202.81
  • RI-031 Rhode Island: Executive Order 20-105
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  • ME-081 Maine: COVID-19 Prevention Checklists index page…
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1531
  • AK-025 Alaska: Declaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency
  • ME-046 Maine: Executive Order 19-A FY 20/21
  • AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-019 New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)…
  • NM-046 New Mexico: Public Health Emergency Order of December 15, 2020…
  • VT-036 Vermont: Addendum 9 to Amended and Restated Executive Order…
  • ID-066 Ada, Boise, Elmore and Valley Counties, Idaho (Central District…
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  • DC-014 District of Columbia: Mayor's Order 2020-126
  • HI-018 Hawaii: Seventeenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19…
  • IA-033 Iowa: Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (gatherings…
  • MN-033 Minnesota: Emergency Executive Order 20-103
  • NE-091 Nebraska: DHHS COVID-19 Weekly Update, Dec. 16, 2020
  • AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-035 New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)…
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1721
  • SEC-01-057 California: Hospital Surge Public Health Order
  • MD-023 Maryland: Order of the Governor No. 20-12-17-01, Authorizing…
  • OR-036 Oregon: Executive Order 20-67
  • RI-032 Rhode Island: Executive Order 20-108
  • UT-034 Utah: State Public Health Order 2020-27
  • UT-035 Utah: State Public Health Order 2020-28
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  • CT-034 Connecticut: Executive Order No. 9S
  • ECO-C-007 Connecticut: Executive Order No. 9S
  • DC-015 District of Columbia: Mayor's Order 2020-127
  • KY-037 Kentucky: Executive Order 2020-1041
  • AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-117 Massachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health…
  • MI-062 Michigan: MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253: Gatherings…
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  • TN-027 Tennessee: Executive Order No. 70
  • DC-044 District of Columbia: DC Health, Updated Phase 2 Gyms and…
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  • NC-036 North Carolina: Executive Order No. 183
  • ND-070 North Dakota: Executive Order 2020-43.3
  • WA-053 Washington: Proclamation 20-25.10
  • WA-054 Washington: Proclamation 20-83
  • MET-BNA-071 Shelby County, Tennessee: Shelby County Health Order and…
  • MET-BNA-072 Shelby County, Tennessee: Shelby County Face Mask Directive No.…
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  • FL-081 Florida: Renewal of Declaration of Public Health Emergency
  • IN-049 Indiana: Executive Order 20-51
  • LA-025 Louisiana: Proclamation 209 JBE 2020
  • ME-047 Maine: Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (tenth…
  • MA-040 Massachusetts: COVID-19 Order No. 59
  • MS-048 Mississippi (Benton, George, Greene, Hancock, Humphreys, Jasper…
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  • FL-052 Florida: Executive Order 20-315
  • MN-034 Minnesota: Emergency Executive Order 20-104
  • OH-058 Ohio: Director's Order for Retail and Business Compliance for…
  • OR-037 Oregon: House Bill 4401 (2020)
  • SEC-13-090 Oregon: Enrolled House Bill 4401 (2020)
  • SEC-14-065 Oregon: Enrolled House Bill 4401
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  • DE-051 Delaware: Tenth Extension of the Declaration of a State of…
  • AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-069 Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)…
  • AGY-TRIBAL-014 Navajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah) - tribal government…
  • MET-SAN-023 San Diego County, California: Order of the Health Officer…
  • DC-045 District of Columbia: DC Health, Updated Phase 2 Places of…
  • DC-048 District of Columbia: DC Health, Phase 2 Long Term Care Guidance…
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  • ECO-A-079 United States: Order: Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure…
  • FED-040 United States (air passengers from the United Kingdom): CDC…
  • MET-ORL-053 Orange County, Florida: Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-54
  • MET-CMH-033 City of Columbus and City of Worthington, Ohio: Renewal of…
  • SEC-22-GM-004 Las Vegas, NV: The ARA Show homepage: Las Vegas Oct. 17-20, 2021…
  • SEC-22-GM-003 New Orleans, LA: The ARA Show homepage: 2021 show announced for…
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  • FED-173 United States: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L.…
  • SEC-17-001 United States: 15 U.S.C. s. 9009a, Grants for shuttered venue…
  • SEC-22-006 United States: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L.…
  • LAW-002 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260, 134…
  • SEC-21-GM-045 Statewide; Baltimore; Lexington, MD; KY; AL; NATIONWIDE…
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  • NY-083 New York: Chapter 381 of the Laws of 2020 (S.9114), COVID-19…
  • SEC-14-043 New York: COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention…
  • FED-382 United States (USDA Rural Development single-family loans): USDA…
  • FED-375 United States (VA-guaranteed loans and VA REO): Circular…
  • MET-SAT-055 Bexar County, Texas: Executive Order NW-19 (area of high…
  • SEC-16-026 United States (New York orders): Agudath Israel of America v.…
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  • AR-013 Arkansas: Executive Order 20-53
  • AR-016 Arkansas: Executive Order 20-54
  • FL-053 Florida: Executive Order 20-316
  • KY-038 Kentucky: Executive Order 2020-1056
  • AGY-TERRITORIES-121 Guam (unincorporated territory) - Governor: Executive Order No.…
  • MET-MSP-015 City of Minneapolis: Emergency Regulation No. 2020-21
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  • AZ-034 Arizona: Executive Order 2020-61
  • GA-030 Georgia: Executive Order 12.30.20.01
  • GA-031 Georgia: Executive Order 12.30.20.02
  • ID-011 Idaho: Stage 2 Stay Healthy Order (reissued)
  • NM-047 New Mexico: Public Health Emergency Order of December 30, 2020…
  • NY-048 New York: Executive Order No. 205.3
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  • CO-071 Colorado: Executive Order D 2020 307
  • ID-040 Idaho: Proclamation declaring/continuing the state of emergency…
  • IN-050 Indiana: Executive Order 20-52
  • IN-051 Indiana: Executive Order 20-53
  • ME-048 Maine: Executive Order 7-A FY 20/21
  • ME-049 Maine: Executive Order 22-R-1 FY 20/21
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Wednesday

Dec. 23, 2020

24 instruments dated this day
ExhibitLevelJurisdictionIssuerInstrumentLimitation typesQuartersGradeFile
Ex. FL-052StateFloridaGovernor Ron DeSantisExecutive Order 20-315
COVID-19 Vaccine Administration / Protecting Florida's Seniors
Health care ordersVaccination or testing2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 309 KB)
Ex. MN-034StateMinnesotaGovernor Tim WalzEmergency Executive Order 20-104
Safely Reopening Pools for Lap Swim, Lessons, and Organized Swim Teams
Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirement2021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 368 KB)
Ex. OH-058StateOhioStephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of HealthDirector's Order for Retail and Business Compliance for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio (reissued December 23, 2020)
Director's Order for Retail and Business Compliance for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio
Business closureFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OR-037StateOregonOregon Legislative Assembly (80th, 2020 Third Special Session); signed by Governor BrownHouse Bill 4401 (2020)
Relating to residential tenancies (extension of the eviction moratorium and grace period; landlord compensation fund)
Courts and public officesOther2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Primary source readOpen (PDF, 96 KB)
Ex. SEC-13-090StateOregonOregon Legislative Assembly (2020 Third Special Session); approved by Governor Kate Brown Dec. 23, 2020Enrolled House Bill 4401 (2020)
Relating to residential tenancies (eviction moratorium extension to June 30, 2021; landlord compensation fund)
Courts and public officesOther2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Primary source readOpen (PDF, 96 KB)
Ex. SEC-14-065StateOregonOregon Legislative Assembly (2020 Third Special Session)Enrolled House Bill 4401
Relating to residential tenancies during the COVID-19 emergency; landlord compensation fund
Other2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Primary source readOpen (PDF, 96 KB)
Ex. SC-031StateSouth CarolinaGovernor Henry McMasterExecutive Order No. 2020-77
State of Emergency
Emergency declaration2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 190 KB)
Ex. SEC-07-035FederalUnited StatesSecretary of Health and Human ServicesExtension of Designation of Scarce Materials or Threatened Materials; Correction of Extension Date, 85 Fed. Reg. 83975 (Dec. 23, 2020)
Extension of Designation of Scarce Materials or Threatened Materials Subject to COVID-19 Hoarding Prevention Measures; Correction of…
Supply chainOther2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 170 KB)
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-120TerritorialGuam (unincorporated territory) - GovernorGovernor Lourdes A. Leon GuerreroExecutive Order No. 2020-45
Relative to Further Amending Restrictions During Pandemic Condition of Readiness 1 (PCOR 1)
Capacity limitGathering cap2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 2.3 MB)
Ex. MET-MIA-038CountyBroward County, FloridaCounty Administrator Bertha HenryBroward County Administrator's Emergency Order 20-30 (amending CEO ch. 6)
Countywide curfew midnight-5 a.m., Dec. 25, 2020 through Jan. 4, 2021 (1 a.m. start on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1)
Travel and quarantineCurfew and hours2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 294 KB)
Ex. MET-HNL-024CountyCity and County of HonoluluMayor Kirk W. CaldwellEmergency Order No. 2020-31
Emergency Order No. 2020-31 (COVID-19) Honolulu's COVID-19 Recovery Framework: Second Amended and Restated Order Implementing Tier 2
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesQuarantine and isolation2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 752 KB)
Ex. MET-AUS-046CountyTravis County, Texas (all cities and municipalities within the county listed in Exhibit A)Travis County Judge Andy BrownCounty Judge Order 2020-23: Relating to Stage 5 COVID-19 Community Restrictions
Stage 5 COVID-19 Community Restrictions (stay-home urging 10:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.; recommended modified operations for restaurants, retail…
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursOther2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 12 MB)
Ex. MET-AUS-014CityCity of Austin, TexasMayor Steve AdlerOrder No. 20201223-023 (Stage 5)
Stage 5 Order: stay-home urging 10:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.; recommended modified operations for restaurants, retail and schools
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursOther2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 6.8 MB)
Ex. MET-BOS-029CityCity of Cambridge, MassachusettsCambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad J. Sayah, M.D.) and City Manager (Louis A. DePasquale)Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II, Step 2 of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of Cambridge
Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II, Step 2 of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of Cambridge…
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venues2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 916 KB)
Ex. AR-068Sector regulatorArkansasArkansas Department of HealthRevised Visitation, Screening, and Staffing Directive for Long-term Care Facilities (December 23, 2020)
Long-term-care visitation directive in force through 2021
Health care orders2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Primary source readOpen (PDF, 260 KB)
Ex. DC-042Sector regulatorDistrict of ColumbiaDC HealthDC Health, Update Phase 2 Office Buildings Guidance (December 23, 2020)
Update Phase 2 Office Buildings Guidance
Telework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Primary source readOpen (PDF, 244 KB)
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-014Sector regulatorFlorida Department of Health, Office of the State Surgeon General; State levelScott A. Rivkees, M.D., State Surgeon GeneralDOH Emergency Order 20-015
In re: Suspension of Statutes, Rules and Orders Made Necessary by COVID-19 (COVID-19 vaccination data for children and students to Florida…
Health care ordersOther2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Primary source readOpen (PDF, 168 KB)
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-006Sector regulatorNew York; Department of Financial ServicesSuperintendent of Financial ServicesInsurance Circular Letter No. 17 (2020)
Coronavirus and the Suspension of Certain Utilization Review and Notification Requirements under the 'Surge and Flex' Protocol
Health care orders2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 79 KB)
Ex. MET-ATL-037CourtCobb County, Georgia (State Court)State Court of Cobb County (Clerk Robin C. Bishop, filed)Order Regarding Restriction of In Person Proceedings (State Court of Cobb County)
Order Regarding Restriction of In Person Proceedings
Courts and public offices2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 887 KB)
Ex. HI-063CourtHawaiiSupreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldOrder Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152
Order extending judiciary operations restrictions through Feb. 14, 2021 (Dec. 23, 2020)
Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 481 KB)
Ex. MET-RIV-040CourtSuperior Court of California, County of RiversidePresiding JudgeGeneral Order 2020-75 Re: Extension of Jury Trials Suspension
General Order 2020-75 (filed December 23, 2020)
Courts and public offices2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 475 KB)
Ex. SEC-16-034CourtUnited States (California orders)United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitHarvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Newsom, No. 20-56357
Order on the emergency motion for injunction pending appeal: response due Dec. 28 and reply Dec. 29, 2020, without temporary relief before…
Capacity limitGathering cap2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 27 KB)
Ex. DUT-CT-010State Standing dutyConnecticutConnecticut General Assembly, Office of Legislative Research (Shaun McGann, Legislative Analyst II)OLR Report 2020-R-0350, COVID-19 Business Reopening Self-Certifications (Dec. 23, 2020)
COVID-19 Business Reopening Self-Certifications
Capacity limitWorkplace rulesOperating condition2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Primary source readOpen (PDF, 560 KB)
Ex. DUT-OR-008State Standing dutyOregonOregon Legislative Assembly (80th Legislative Assembly, 2020 Third Special Session); approved by Governor Kate Brown Dec. 23, 2020Enrolled House Bill 4402 (HB 4402-A), Or. Laws 2020 (3d Spec. Sess.), ch. 4: limitation of liability of schools for COVID-19 infection claims, conditioned on compliance with 'COVID-19 emergency rules'; anti-retaliation amendments to ORS 659A.200 and 659A.203
Relating to claims arising during the COVID-19 emergency period; creating new provisions; amending ORS 659A.200 and 659A.203; and declaring…
Schools and child careOperating conditionOther2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Primary source readOpen (PDF, 34 KB)

Reading the calendar

What a day on this calendar holds

Each day lists the instruments in the Library that carry that issue date: orders, emergency declarations, standing statutes enacted that day, organizer notices and the legal authorities. The count under the day number is the whole day; the six shown are the federal and State instruments first, then counties, cities and the rest. Open the day to see all of them with their limitation types, quarters and exhibits.

An order often took effect a day or more after it was issued, so the day it was issued is not always the first day it was in force. For the days an order was in force, use the orders clock; for a State's instruments in a quarter, use the Library or the Eligibility Report.

March 13 to 31, 2020

Wages paid after March 12, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, so the orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 are part of that quarter's record even though the calendar places them in the first.