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Ex. MD-043Order of the Governor No. 20-04-29-01, Amending and Restating the Order Dated April 5, 2020 Authorizing Various Actions Related to Nursing Homes and Other Health Care FacilitiesAmending and Restating the Order Dated April 5, 2020 Authorizing Various Actions Related to Nursing Homes and Other Health Care FacilitiesGovernor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.MarylandStateApr. 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. ME-021Executive Order 49 FY 19/20An Order to Stay Safer at HomeGovernor Janet T. MillsMaineStateApr. 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. TN-053Tennessee Pledge: general guidelines (version first published Apr. 24-28, 2020)Tennessee Pledge: Reopening Tennessee Responsibly (general guidelines)Governor's Economic Recovery Group (ERG)TennesseeStateApr. 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. DE-018Fourteenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyFourteenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (holdover tenants: rent limited to the expired agreement; no losses…Governor John C. CarneyDelawareStateApr. 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2OtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-019Guidelines for Safeguarding All Businesses (ADPH, 5/2020)Guidelines for Safeguarding All BusinessesAlabama Department of Public Health (posted with the Safer at Home Order of April 28, 2020)AlabamaStateApr. 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Standing dutyTelework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. WV-024Executive Order 30-20Termination of the elective-procedure prohibition for all facilities except OHFLAC-regulated hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers…Governor Jim JusticeWest VirginiaStateApr. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. AZ-015Executive Order 2020-32Requesting Exemption from Executive Order 2020-10: Elective SurgeriesGovernor Douglas A. DuceyArizonaStateApr. 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IA-016Public Health COVID-19 Reopening Guidance (4/27/20)Iowa Department of Public Health, Public Health COVID-19 Reopening Guidance, April 27, 2020Iowa Department of Public HealthIowaStateApr. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Standing dutyGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IL-013Guidance for Employers and Employees on Workers' Rights and Safety During the Restore Illinois Plan (revision of December 9, 2020)State guidance stating that federal and Illinois law require employers to maintain a safe and healthy workplace, that employers are required…Office of the Illinois Attorney General (Kwame Raoul), with the Governor's Office, Illinois Department of Labor, Illinois Department of Employment Security and Illinois Department of Public HealthIllinoisStateDec. 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyTelework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-013IDOL web page, 'Non-formal IOSHA Complaints Related to COVID-19' (live page, rendered Sept. 28, 2026; the page refers to the May 1, 2020 Back On Track plan and to the IDOL COVID-19 page, Ex. DUT-IN-014)IDOL statement that COVID-19 workplace complaints are received and processed through the IOSHA formal and non-formal complaint processIndiana Department of Labor (IOSHA)IndianaStateMay 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. ME-020Together We Are Maine: Restarting Maine's Economy (plan booklet)Restarting Maine's EconomyGovernor Janet T. Mills; Department of Economic and Community DevelopmentMaineStateApr. 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. ME-080Restarting Maine's Economy web page (maine.gov/covid19/restartingmaine) as of May 1, 2020Together, We Are Maine: Restarting Maine's EconomyOffice of the Governor / DECDMaineStateMay 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. ND-034ND Smart Restart: Standards for All Industries (updated Apr. 28, 2020) (cross-reference to the existing library exhibit)Operating standards for all industries: occupancy limited to six-foot distancing, marked lines, signage, face coverings encouraged for…Department of Commerce and State Health Officer (ND Smart Restart), made a condition of reopening by Executive Order 2020-06.4 par. 2-7North DakotaStateApr. 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. NE-054Executive Order 20-21Coronavirus - Continued Waiver of Motor Carrier Safety RegulationsGovernor Pete RickettsNebraskaStateApr. 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Supply chainOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NH-045Universal Guidelines for All New Hampshire Employers and Employees (COVID-19 Reopening Guidance)Universal Guidelines for All New Hampshire Employers and EmployeesGovernor's Economic Reopening Task Force; Governor Christopher T. Sununu (Exhibit B to EO #40; Exhibit A to EO #52)New HampshireStateMay 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. OR-015Executive Order 20-22Allowing Elective and Non-urgent Procedures Only in Compliance with OHA Guidance; Rescinding EO 20-10Governor Kate BrownOregonStateApr. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-02-013Executive Order GA-19Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disasterGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateApr. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-03-016Executive Order GA-19Relating to hospital capacity and personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 disasterGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateApr. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-09-008Guidance for Businesses in the Construction Industry Permitted to Operate During the COVID-19 Disaster EmergencyMandatory construction guidance (issued Apr. 23, 2020; effective May 1, 2020)Governor Tom Wolf; Secretary of HealthPennsylvaniaStateApr. 23, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. TN-057Tennessee Pledge: Exercise Facilities guidelines (as of June 16, 2020)Tennessee Pledge: Exercise FacilitiesGovernor's Economic Recovery GroupTennesseeStateJune 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-043Texans Helping Texans: The Governor's Report to Open Texas (with DSHS minimum standard health protocols for reopened services)The Governor's Report to Open TexasGovernor Greg Abbott; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas; DSHSTexasStateApr. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. WY-015WDH Guidance for Public Officials on COVID-19 (variances and exceptions)Guidance for Public Officials on COVID-19Wyoming Department of HealthWyomingStateApr. 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2OtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-035Board of Pardons and Paroles Temporary Order of May 4, 2020Telework for selected employees; in-person unit interviews suspended (video or telephone); in-person office interviews of offender families…Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (David Gutierrez, Presiding Officer)Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; State levelStateMay 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043Session Law 2020-3 (S.B. 704), COVID-19 Recovery ActAn Act to Provide Aid to North Carolinians in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) CrisisGeneral Assembly of North Carolina (ratified May 2, 2020); signed by Governor Roy Cooper May 4, 2020North Carolina (General Assembly; Division of Motor Vehicles; notaries)StateMay 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-095Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 - Handling of Bodily RemainsModifies disposition-of-remains rules to relieve hospitals and funeral homes: 24-hour and 48-hour limits on locating and acting by persons…Robert Gordon, Director, MDHHSMichigan - Department of Health and Human Services (State health department)StateMay 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Workplace rulesOtherPrimary source read

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