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Ex. CT-001Declaration of Public Health and Civil Preparedness EmergenciesDeclaration of Public Health and Civil Preparedness Emergencies (letter to the Secretary of the State and the Clerks of the General…Governor Ned LamontConnecticutStateMar. 10, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Emergency declarationQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-034Force Health Protection Guidance (Supplement 4), DoD Guidance for Personnel Traveling During the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (Mar. 11, 2020)Force Health Protection Guidance (Supplement 4)Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and ReadinessDepartment of Defense (all personnel traveling)FederalMar. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-044Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay (Colorado HELP) Rules, 7 CCR 1103-10 (adopted Mar. 11, 2020; amended Mar. 26, Apr. 3, Apr. 27 and July 14, 2020)Colorado HELP Rules: paid sick leave for employees in specified industries with flu-like or respiratory symptoms who are being tested for…Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Labor Standards and StatisticsColorado; Division of Labor Standards and Statistics, Department of Labor and Employment (statewide)Sector regulatorMar. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. CO-096Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay ('Colorado HELP') Rules, 7 CCR 1103-10 (emergency rules adopted Mar. 11, 2020; amended Mar. 16, Apr. 3, Apr. 27 and July 14, 2020)Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay RulesColorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Labor Standards and StatisticsColoradoSector regulatorMar. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DC-002Mayor's Order 2020-046Declaration of Public Health Emergency: Coronavirus (COVID-19)Mayor Muriel BowserDistrict of ColumbiaStateMar. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. FL-078DEM Order No. 20-002In re: Suspension of Statutes, Rules, and Orders... (restricting visitation at nursing homes and assisted living facilities)Division of Emergency Management, Director Jared Moskowitz as State Coordinating OfficerFloridaStateMar. 11, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-039Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 10-20, Unemployment Compensation (UC) for Individuals Affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Mar. 12, 2020)Unemployment Compensation (UC) for Individuals Affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)ETA Assistant Secretary (John Pallasch) to State Workforce AgenciesUnited States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance (federal agency)FederalMar. 12, 20202020 Q2Quarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-007Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (No. S-20-247)First statewide administrative order: exclusion of exposed, quarantined, symptomatic and recently travelled persons from court proceedings…Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme CourtNebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide)CourtMar. 12, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. CO-002Notice of Public Health Order 20-20Restricting Visitors at All Colorado Skilled Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living Residences and Intermediate Care FacilitiesColorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), Executive Director Jill Hunsaker RyanColoradoSector regulatorMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-029Memorandum to All Interested Parties, 'First confirmed staff case of COVID-19 at MCC' (Mar. 13, 2020)Close contacts of a positive employee directed to self-quarantine 14 days; two housing units at the Monroe Correctional Complex placed in…Washington State Department of Corrections (Secretary Stephen Sinclair)Washington State Department of Corrections (Office of the Secretary); State levelStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-055DAJD News, 'King County jails have quickly reduced the number of people in custody by more than 600 adults, following direction by Executive Constantine' (Apr. 3, 2020; updated May 7, 2020)Jail population reduced from 1,899 (Mar. 13, 2020) to 1,285 (Apr. 3, 2020) by prioritizing jail beds; designated isolation housing; PPEKing County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention, following direction by County Executive Dow ConstantineKing County, Washington (Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention; County Executive); county levelCountyApr. 3, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Quarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-076Supreme Judicial Court Order in re COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic regarding access to state courthouses and court facilities (OE-144)Persons diagnosed with, exposed to or symptomatic of coronavirus, persons asked to self-quarantine, and persons who had travelled to China…Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsSupreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)CourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-004MSIB 02-20 (Change 2)Novel Coronavirus - Update (Change 2)Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance DirectorateUnited States Coast Guard; nationwideFederalMar. 13, 2020Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-005MSIB 06-20Vessel Reporting Requirements for Illness or DeathCommandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance DirectorateUnited States Coast Guard; nationwideFederalMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-070PortMiami COVID-19 Update (county release, Mar. 13, 2020)PortMiami is open for business; the PortMiami team continues to work closely with its partners on COVID-19 preventive measuresMiami-Dade County, Office of the Mayor and PortMiamiPortMiami (Miami-Dade County Seaport Department)CountyMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-002S.C. Code Ann. Title 44, Chapter 4, Emergency Health Powers Act, §§ 44-4-100 to 44-4-570 (in particular §§ 44-4-130, 44-4-300, 44-4-310, 44-4-500, 44-4-510, 44-4-520, 44-4-530, 44-4-540)Emergency Health Powers Act: control of property and dangerous facilities; control and treatment of infectious disease; isolation and…General Assembly of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaStateJuly 2, 20022020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. RI-002Executive Order 20-03Supplemental Emergency Declaration (quarantine of international arrivals)Governor Gina M. RaimondoRhode IslandStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-009Temporary Final Rule, Safety Zone; COVID-19 NorCal Maritime 2020, San Francisco Bay, CA, 85 Fed. Reg. 15724 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Docket USCG-2020-0166)Safety Zone; COVID-19 NorCal Maritime 2020, San Francisco Bay, CACaptain of the Port Sector San Francisco, U.S. Coast GuardUnited States Coast Guard, Captain of the Port San Francisco; San Francisco Bay, CaliforniaFederalMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-00122 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties)Title 22, Chapter 250: Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention)MaineStateMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. FL-004DEM Order No. 20-006In re: Suspension of Statutes, Rules, and Orders... (prohibition of visitation to long-term care and residential facilities)Division of Emergency Management, Director Jared Moskowitz as State Coordinating OfficerFloridaStateMar. 15, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. SD-0606th Judicial Circuit COVID-19 Procedures6th Judicial Circuit COVID-19 Procedures (March 15, 2020)Sixth Judicial CircuitSixth Judicial CircuitCourtMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-053San Diego County Sheriff's Department, 'County Jails and Coronavirus: What You Need to Know' (as archived Apr. 1, 2020)All social visits, all on-site video visitation, visitors for reentry programs and group classes ended; remote video visitation, attorney…San Diego County Sheriff's Department (Sheriff William D. Gore)San Diego County, California (Sheriff's Department, Detention Services Bureau); county levelCountyMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-051Legislative Council Resolution No. 20-094, Authorizing Action for COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyAuthorizing Action for COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (web posting of Mar. 30, 2020 carrying the resolution as an image)Tohono O'odham Legislative CouncilTohono O'odham Nation (Arizona) - tribal legislatureTribalMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationGathering capTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-006MSIB 02-20 (Change 3)Novel Coronavirus - Update (Change 3)Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance DirectorateUnited States Coast Guard; nationwideFederalMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-003Amended Order of County Judge Clay JenkinsAmended Order (Community Gatherings of 50; restaurants take-out only; bars closed)Dallas County Judge Clay JenkinsDallas County, TexasCountyMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read