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Ex. SEC-12-019Court Orders and Updates During COVID-19 Pandemic (uscourts.gov index)Index of federal court COVID-19 general orders (rendered Sept. 26, 2026)Administrative Office of the U.S. CourtsUnited States (all federal courts)CourtApr. 15, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHX-040Suspension of transit fares (March/April 2020) extended through December 31, 2021Free Fares Continue through December - Sun TranTucson Mayor and Council (fare suspension), as posted by Sun TranCity of Tucson, Arizona (Sun Tran system)CityJuly 1, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Travel and quarantineOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-054Riverside Transit Agency notice: Face Masks Required on All Buses (rear-door boarding; 10 passengers per bus)Face Masks Required on All BusesRiverside Transit AgencyWestern Riverside County (Riverside Transit Agency joint powers authority)CountyApr. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-050Eighth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated April 21, 2020)Masks required in Judiciary buildings; remote hearings expanded; parent-child contact emergenciesVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtApr. 21, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAT-016VIA release: customers required to wear face coverings beginning Wednesday, April 22, 2020VIA Customers Required to Wear Face Covering Beginning WednesdayVIA Metropolitan TransitVIA Metropolitan TransitSector regulatorApr. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-LA-070Metro face-covering requirement for all riders on Metro buses and trains, effective Monday, May 11, 2020 (announcement of May 7, 2020)Metro to require use of face coverings by riders on Metro buses and trains beginning Monday, May 11Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), announced by The Source (Metro's official news site) May 7, 2020Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) system (buses and rail across Los Angeles County)Sector regulatorMay 7, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-054Proclamation 20-24.1Reducing Restrictions on, and Safe Expansion of, Non-Urgent Medical and Dental ProceduresGovernor Jay InsleeWashingtonStateMay 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-WY-010Senate File No. SF1002, 'Emergency powers-Covid-19-2', Senate Enrolled Act No. 2, 2020 Wyo. Sess. Laws (Special Session) ch. 2AN ACT relating to emergency aid and emergency procedures in response to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic; clarifying immunity from…Wyoming Legislature (Sixty-fifth Legislature, 2020 Special Session, May 15-16, 2020); sponsor Management Council; chapter assigned May 20, 2020WyomingStateMay 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationOperating conditionConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-DE-010Division of Small Business, COVID-19 posters for businesses (required signage pack: face covering, social distancing, hand hygiene)DSB COVID-19 Posters (business signage required by the Phase 1 and Phase 2 Responsibilities of all Businesses)Delaware Division of Small BusinessDelawareStateMay 31, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating conditionConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-20-026Interim Guidance for Agricultural Workers and Employers (June 12, 2020)sameCDC and DOLUnited StatesFederalJune 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Workplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-003Board Report 20-0624-RS1, Amend Board Report 20-0325-RS1 Resolution Authorizing Expenditures and Actions in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)Amendment of the COVID-19 emergency resolution (June 24, 2020)Board of Education of the City of ChicagoBoard of Education of the City of Chicago, IllinoisCityJune 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationSchools and child careOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NV-019Declaration of Emergency Directive 024 (Face Coverings), June 24, 2020, ss. 5, 6, 8, 10Face coverings required in all public spaces; business duty to require face coverings and refuse entryGovernor Steve SisolakNevadaStateJune 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OR-064SB 278 (2021) 60-day eviction safe harbor; HB 4204 (2020) and HB 2009 (2021) mortgage foreclosure moratoria; HB 4212 (2020) deadline extensions and remote public meetings; SB 1801 (2020) cocktails to goRelated legislation not saved as exhibitsOregon Legislative AssemblyOregonStateJune 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Alcohol and barsCourts and public officesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-090TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation)TEA SY 2020-21 Public Health Planning Guidance and 2021-22 updatesTexas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath)TexasSector regulatorJuly 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-NE-013Health Director's power to close or restrict access to any business; penalty for violating a Directed Health MeasureCity of Lincoln (Lincoln Municipal Code ch. 8.18) as recited by the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health DepartmentLincoln and Lancaster County, NebraskaCityJuly 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CLE-040GCRTA alert of July 21, 2020: Masks are required when riding or while waiting for services (site-wide alert on the agency's pages, including the June 22, 2020 'Need a Mask, Take a Mask' post)Alert: 07/21/2020 - 8:49am, Masks are required when riding or while waiting for servicesGreater Cleveland Regional Transit AuthorityCuyahoga County, Ohio (GCRTA service area)Sector regulatorJuly 21, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CMH-023COTA 'Moving Forward' release (July 2020): mask-wearing policy aboard vehicles (#MaskUpCBUS)Moving Forward (July 2020): COTA safety measures and mask policyCentral Ohio Transit Authority (regional transit authority under R.C. ch. 306; Joanna M. Pinkerton, President/CEO)Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) service area (Franklin County and portions of adjoining counties)Sector regulatorJuly 23, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-047Public-service campaign release confirming that TriMet has required riders, operators and other employees to wear face coverings on board since mid-May 2020 at OHA direction; passenger limits and 3-foot seat spacing continuing (Aug. 21, 2020)'Always wear your mask on transit and in the community.' Local celebs join TriMet to encourage people to cover up for safetyTriMet, at the direction of the Oregon Health AuthorityTri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet)Sector regulatorAug. 21, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NC-073NCDHHS Secretarial Orders on long-term care facility visitation and testing (including Secretarial Order No. 3, September 4, 2020)Secretarial Orders governing visitation, testing and infection control at nursing homes and adult care homes (2020-2021)Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy CohenNorth CarolinaSector regulatorSept. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-NYC-046MTA press release, 'MTA Announces Increased Mask Enforcement Throughout the System' (Sept. 22, 2021), describing the $50 mask fine in force since Sept. 14, 2020 and the federal mask requirementMask requirement and $50 fine on subways, buses, commuter railroads and paratransit; enforcement stepped up Sept. 23, 2021Metropolitan Transportation Authority (State public authority; transit agency)New York City metropolitan area (MTA New York City Transit, MTA Bus, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North, paratransit)Sector regulatorSept. 22, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-066Memorandum on the adoption of 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of September 29, 2020, item 4, with tracked text and public comment)Permanent adoption of 603 CMR 27.08 (Health and Safety Standards during a State of Emergency) after its emergency adoption for the 2020-21…Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board); Board vote of September 29, 2020Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelStateSept. 29, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-093MBTA notice: face covering enforcement takes effect November 6, 2020Face Covering Enforcement Takes Effect November 6 (posted November 6, 2020)MBTAMassachusetts Bay Transportation AuthoritySector regulatorNov. 6, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-041Modification of the County's COVID-19 case-investigation response (Nov. 17, 2020): every positive case instructed to isolate at home until no longer contagious (10 days; fever-free 24 hours); close contacts to quarantine 14 days and not go to work, school, child care or church; priority-location exposure management (schools, long-term care, jail, food processing)Public Health modifying COVID-19 response due to surge in casesClark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director)Clark County, WashingtonCountyNov. 17, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-LAS-015Clark County requirement that employees wear face coverings at all times (November 2020)Clark County employee face-covering policy (as recited in EJDC AO 20-24, 21-03, 21-04 and 21-05)Clark County (policy recited by the Eighth Judicial District Court)Clark County, Nevada (county workforce and facilities)CountyNov. 24, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-12-061COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards, 8 CCR §§ 3205-3205.4 (adopted Nov. 19, 2020; effective Nov. 30, 2020; readopted with amendments June 17, 2021)Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary StandardsOccupational Safety and Health Standards Board; Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)CaliforniaSector regulatorNov. 30, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source