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Ex. AK-073Emergency Order EO-15 ('Four Week Reset')EO-15, bars closed except takeout; restaurants closed to indoor dining; bingo halls and theaters closed; indoor gatherings over 15…Mayor Ethan BerkowitzMunicipality of AnchorageCityJuly 31, 20202020 Q3Business closureTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MD-015Order of the Governor No. 20-08-03-01, Amending and Restating the Order of July 29, 2020, Allowing Reopening of Certain Businesses and Facilities, Subject to Local Regulation, and Generally Requiring Use of Face CoveringsAmending and Restating the Order of July 29, 2020...Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.MarylandStateAug. 3, 20202020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MS-031Executive Order 1514Safe Return extended to August 17, 2020Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateJuly 30, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. MS-032Executive Order 1515Eight counties added to the county measures; measures extended to August 17, 2020Governor Tate ReevesMississippi (Carroll, Coahoma, Jones, Lee, Leflore, Lowndes, Noxubee, Pontotoc Counties)StateAug. 3, 20202020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-027Executive Order No. 2020-50Initiating Additional Emergency Measures and Consolidating Previous OrdersGovernor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateAug. 2, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DCM-038Directive and Order for Enhanced Consumer and Employee SafetyHealth Officer Directive and Order for Enhanced Consumer and Employee Safety (face coverings in all indoor retail and business…Ernest L. Carter, M.D., Ph.D., Health Officer, as designee of Robert R. Neall, Secretary of HealthPrince George's County, MarylandCountyAug. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MS-072Ninth Emergency Mayoral Proclamation of Executive Order (Aug. 4, 2020) adopting the Governor's EO 1511 with a stricter alcohol clause, as extended Sept. 3, 2020Adopting EO 1511 for Biloxi (alcohol sales restricted; gatherings 10/20) and extending it through September 14, 2020Mayor Andrew GilichCity of Biloxi, Mississippi (Harrison County)CitySept. 3, 20202020 Q3Gathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-031Executive Order No. 173 (2020)Indoor gatherings reduced to 25 percent of room capacity, never more than 25 persons (religious services, political activities, weddings…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateAug. 3, 20202020 Q3Gathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-147Memorandum: Amendments to the CNMI COVID-19 Emergency Directives of 2020 modifying business hours, allowing for social gatherings at public beaches, and modifying curfewAmendments modifying business hours, beaches and curfew (August 5, 2020)Governor Ralph DLG. Torres / COVID-19 Task ForceCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Governor's COVID-19 Task ForceTerritorialAug. 5, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursPrimary source read
Ex. AR-071ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Music and Theater (effective Aug. 5, 2020; amended Aug. 14, 2020)Conditions for community and school music and theater: masks for everyone ten and older, six-foot spacing, screening, temperature checksSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateAug. 5, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. HI-042Order Regarding Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152Order postponing all jury trials to dates after October 2, 2020 (Aug. 5, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtAug. 5, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BAL-042Executive Order No. 2020-014, Incorporating Governor Hogan's Executive Order 20-08-03-01Incorporating Governor Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.'s Executive Order 20-08-03-01 Dated August 3, 2020... Generally Requiring Use of Face…County Executive John A. Olszewski, Jr.Baltimore County, MarylandCountyAug. 5, 20202020 Q3Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DCM-007Executive Order 087-20COVID-19 Local Order - Amending and Restating Order dated June 19, 2020County Executive Marc ElrichMontgomery County, MarylandCountyAug. 5, 20202020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-IND-025Public Health Order 25-2020Public Health Order 25-2020 - restates PHO 22-2020 and clarifies 'bars and nightclubs' (closed since 12:00 AM July 24, 2020)MCPHD, Virginia A. Caine, M.D.Marion County, IndianaCountyAug. 5, 20202020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-072Kansas State Fair Board announcement and 'Kansas State Fair Cancellation' FAQ (2020 Kansas State Fair, Sept. 11-20, 2020, cancelled)Kansas State Fair Cancellation (2020 Cancellation FAQs)Kansas State Fair BoardKansas State Fair Board (State agency)StateAug. 6, 20202020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AK-053Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8183Special Order 8183, Update regarding COVID-19 and Jury Trials (suspended until at least November 2, 2020)Chief Justice Joel H. BolgerAlaska (statewide courts)CourtAug. 6, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-077Missouri State Fair 2020 (Aug. 13-23, 2020) schedule of cancellations: gate admission, carnival, grandstand, State Fair Arena, free entertainment, Budweiser Stage, special contests, exhibitor admission and the Governor's Ham Breakfast cancelled; youth-in-agriculture livestock competitions retained, as captured Aug. 7, 2020Missouri State Fair, Aug 13-23 2020: Canceled (all public events; youth livestock shows only)Missouri State Fair CommissionMissouri State Fair Commission, Missouri Department of Agriculture (State agency)StateAug. 7, 20202020 Q3Gathering capEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
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. AGY-TRIBAL-028Executive Order 20-09Executive Order 20-09 (mass gatherings of ten prohibited including worship; governmental offices closed to the public)President Gabe Aguilar, Mescalero Apache TribeMescalero Apache Tribe (New Mexico) - tribal governmentTribalAug. 7, 20202020 Q3Business closureGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary 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-IL-020The Flinn Report, Vol. 44, Issue 34 (Aug. 21, 2020), summarizing the IDPH emergency amendment to 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690 at 44 Ill. Reg. 13807, effective August 7, 2020Official JCAR record fixing the Illinois Register citation and effective date of the business face-covering and gathering rule and…Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), Illinois General Assembly (The Flinn Report)IllinoisStateAug. 21, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. IL-021IDPH emergency amendments to 77 Ill. Adm. Code Part 690 (enforcement against businesses of face-covering and gathering-size requirements)Emergency rules on face coverings and gathering sizes for businesses, schools, day cares and other establishmentsIllinois Department of Public Health (Governor Pritzker announcing)IllinoisSector regulatorAug. 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. LA-016Proclamation 101 JBE 2020COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Renewal of Phase 2 of Resilient LouisianaGovernor John Bel EdwardsLouisianaStateAug. 6, 20202020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. NC-016Executive Order No. 155Extension of Phase 2 OrderGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateAug. 5, 20202020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read

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