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Ex. DUT-VT-006ACCD Work Safe Guidance: 'Update 20 - New Work Safe Additions to the Be Smart, Stay Safe Order' (memorandum to Vermont Businesses and Employers, July 31, 2020), as captured by the Internet Archive on August 5, 2020Update on New Work Safe Additions to the Be Smart, Stay Safe Order: Mandatory Health & Safety Requirements for All Business, Non-Profit &…Agency of Commerce and Community Development (Secretary Lindsay Kurrle), under Executive Order 01-20 Addenda 10-12 and Amended and Restated Executive Order 01-20 secs. 9(b) and 11VermontStateJuly 31, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyTelework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. MD-014Order of the Governor No. 20-07-29-01, Amending and Restating the Order of June 10, 2020, Allowing Reopening of Certain Businesses and Facilities, Subject to Local Regulation, and Generally Requiring Use of Face Coverings.. and Generally Requiring Use of Face CoveringsGovernor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.MarylandStateJuly 29, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. NV-024Declaration of Emergency Directive 029Phase Two and all expiring Directives continued for the duration of the emergency; local enforcement reaffirmedGovernor Steve SisolakNevadaStateJuly 31, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. VT-027Addendum 2 to Amended and Restated Executive Order No. 01-20Strengthening the Use of Facial Coverings (statewide mask mandate)Governor Philip B. ScottVermontStateJuly 24, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. WA-038Proclamation 20-12.1Higher Education - Fall 2020Governor Jay InsleeWashingtonStateJune 24, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-066MDHHS release, 'Emergency Order Requiring Testing of Agricultural and Food Processing Employees Remains in Effect' (describing the Aug. 3, 2020 order's testing requirements for migrant housing camp operators and agricultural, meat, poultry, egg and greenhouse employers, the Aug. 24 compliance deadline and the W.D. Mich. denial of a temporary restraining order)Emergency Order Requiring Testing of Agricultural and Food Processing Employees Remains in EffectMDHHS Director Robert Gordon (release describing the Emergency Order of Aug. 3, 2020, Ex. MI-042)Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (State agency), with the Department of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentStateAug. 17, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-015NJ TRANSIT press release, July 30, 2020: cash fares and front-door boarding resume Aug. 3, 2020 on buses with operator barriers; cash fares and front-door boarding 'remain temporarily suspended' on buses without barriers; face coverings required under EO 165 on all vehicles and in all stations and facilities and on outdoor platforms and stops where distancing is not practicable; 'Your Ride to Recovery' guidelines; employers asked to keep employees working from home or stagger hoursCash Fares and Front Door Boarding Resume on NJ TRANSIT Buses August 3rd - Protective Barriers Installed Near Bus OperatorsNew Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ TRANSIT)New JerseyStateJuly 30, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-012Information and Resources for Employers and Employees Affected by the COVID-19 EmergencyArkansas Department of Labor and Licensing, Information and Resources for Employers and Employees Affected by the COVID-19 Emergency…Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing (Secretary Daryl Bassett; Director Ralph T. Hudson)ArkansasStateAug. 3, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-016Chapter 134 of the Laws of 2020 (S. 8835), amending Public Health Law §§ 3081(5) and 3082(1) (Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act)An act to amend the public health law, in relation to amending provisions regarding health care facilities and professionals during the…New York State Legislature (S. 8835, signed by Governor Cuomo August 3, 2020), amending Public Health Law article 30-D (Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act, enacted April 3, 2020 as Part GGG of chapter 56 of 2020)New YorkStateAug. 3, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyHealth care ordersStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. MI-042MDHHS Public Health Order: Testing of agricultural and food-processing employeesEmergency Order requiring COVID-19 testing of migrant and seasonal agricultural workers and meat, poultry and egg processing employeesMichigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon)MichiganStateAug. 3, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MN-026Emergency Executive Order 20-79Modifying the Suspension of Evictions and Writs of Recovery During the COVID-19 Peacetime EmergencyGovernor Tim WalzMinnesotaStateJuly 14, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-012Senate Bill 359 (2020), Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety ActAn Act to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts, so as to provide for certain immunities from…General Assembly of Georgia (Senators Hufstetler, Tillery, Strickland, Albers, Kirkpatrick and others); approved by Governor Brian P. Kemp, August 5, 2020GeorgiaStateAug. 5, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-106MDTA news release, Aug. 6, 2020: full-time all-electronic (cashless) tolling permanent across Maryland (JFK Highway, Fort McHenry and Baltimore Harbor Tunnels, Nice/Middleton Bridge; Bay Bridge permanent since May 2020); video tolling at cash rates continues temporarily; former toll collectors reassigned, including as screeners at MDTA building entry points; E-ZPass Customer Service Centers at limited capacity during the state of emergencyGovernor Hogan Announces All-Electronic Tolling Now Permanent at All MDTA Facilities StatewideGovernor Larry Hogan and the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA), Executive Director Jim PortsMaryland (all MDTA toll facilities)StateAug. 6, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Workplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-009COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Institutions of Higher Education (August 7, 2020)Industry guidance for institutions of higher education: required face coverings, distancing, prohibition of indoor lectures in counties on…California Department of Public Health with Cal/OSHA (covid19.ca.gov)California Department of Public Health (State Public Health Officer) and Cal/OSHA, industry guidance for institutions of higher education under the Governor's orders; State levelStateAug. 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IL-004Emergency amendment to 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690 adding Section 690.50, Pandemic or Epidemic Respiratory Disease - Emergency ProvisionsFace-covering and gathering requirements binding every business, service, facility and organization open to the public or to employees, with…Illinois Department of Public HealthIllinoisStateAug. 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IL-016Press release, 'Gov. Pritzker Announces Efforts to Protect Illinois Communities and Frontline Workers in Response to Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic' (announcing the IDPH emergency rules for businesses, schools and child care and the signing of SB 471)Official description of the three-step enforcement of the business face-covering and gathering rule (written notice; order to disperse…Governor JB Pritzker (Office of the Governor release, with IDPH Director Ngozi Ezike)IllinoisStateAug. 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-KY-018902 KAR 2:210E (new emergency administrative regulation)Covering the face in response to declared national or state public health emergencyCabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, Division of Epidemiology (Secretary Eric C. Friedlander; Governor Andy Beshear)KentuckyStateAug. 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyBusiness closureFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. WA-043Proclamation 20-66Long-Term Care - Operations and Visitation (Safe Start for Long-Term Care)Governor Jay InsleeWashingtonStateAug. 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NJ-014N.J.A.C. 12:70-1.1 to -1.8, Prohibited COVID-19 Related Employment Discrimination (12:70-1.1 Purpose and scope; 12:70-1.3 Reinstatement)N.J.A.C. Title 12, Chapter 70, Prohibited COVID-19 Related Employment DiscriminationNew Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo (adopted rule, 52 N.J.R. 1673(b))New JerseyStateAug. 10, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-DE-00816 DE Admin. Code 4458, State of Delaware Food Code (effective Aug. 11, 2020; adopting the U.S. Public Health Service 2017 Food Code with Delaware amendments)16 DE Admin. Code 4458: State of Delaware Food Code RegulationsDepartment of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Office of Food Protection (regulation)DelawareStateAug. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. HI-012Eleventh Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Emergency Interisland Travel QuarantineEleventh Proclamation (14-day mandatory self-quarantine for travel to Kauai, Hawaii, Maui and Kalawao Counties)Governor David Y. IgeHawaiiStateAug. 6, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. HI-057Press reproduction of the Eleventh Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Emergency Interisland Travel QuarantineMaui Now: Governor's 11th Supplementary Proclamation takes effect Aug. 11 (full text reproduced; Aug. 8, 2020)Maui Now (reproducing the Governor's Eleventh Proclamation)HawaiiStateAug. 8, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MA-027COVID-19 Order No. 47 (Aug. 11, 2020)Extension of Second Order Authorizing Actions to Limit In-Person Transactions at the Registry of Motor VehiclesGovernor Charles D. BakerMassachusettsStateAug. 11, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NH-023Emergency Order #63An order requiring face coverings for certain scheduled gatherings of 100 or more individualsGovernor Christopher T. SununuNew HampshireStateAug. 11, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. NV-054Senate Bill No. 4 (2020) (enrolled)Public accommodation facilities in counties of 100,000 or more: mandatory cleaning standards, transmission-limiting protocols, employee…Nevada Legislature (32nd Special Session), approved by Governor SisolakNevadaStateAug. 11, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read

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