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Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-063Governor's release, 'Governor Abbott Announces White House Title 32 Extension Of Texas National Guard COVID-19 Mission'Federal funding of the Texas National Guard's COVID-19 mission extended through the end of 2020; recital of missions: field testing…Governor Greg AbbottTexas (Governor; Texas National Guard); State levelStateAug. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Emergency declarationOtherPrimary 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. MS-034Executive Order 1517Face coverings in every school building and classroom; grades 7-12 start delayed to August 17, 2020 in eight countiesGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateAug. 4, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary 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. SEC-15-058Executive Order No. 1517Face coverings in schools; delayed start of the 2020-21 year for grades 7-12 in eight countiesGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateAug. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-078Emergency Rule 59AER20-8, Hospital Screening Requirements for Long-Term Care Facility Residents (supersedes 59AER20-6)Hospital testing and discharge bar for LTC residents restated with nucleic-acid amplification testing and 10-day/20-day symptom criteriaAgency for Health Care AdministrationFlorida - Agency for Health Care AdministrationStateAug. 5, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary 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. 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. FL-042Executive Order 20-192Amending Executive Orders 20-68, 20-139, 20-166, and 20-179Governor Ron DeSantisFloridaStateAug. 5, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. ME-035Proclamation to Renew the Civil State of Emergency (fifth renewal)A Proclamation to Renew the Civil State of EmergencyGovernor Janet T. MillsMaineStateAug. 5, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. MS-033Executive Order 1516Statewide face-covering mandateGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateAug. 4, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. NY-034Executive Order No. 202.55Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster EmergencyGovernor Andrew M. CuomoNew YorkStateAug. 5, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary 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. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-079Emergency Rule 59AER20-9, Mandatory Entry and Testing for Assisted Living Facilities (supersedes 59AER20-2)Assisted living facilities: Department of Health entry, staff testing on entry and compliance with DOH testing directives continuedAgency for Health Care AdministrationFlorida - Agency for Health Care AdministrationStateAug. 6, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Travel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-080Emergency Rule 59AER20-10, Mandatory Entry for Testing and Infection Control for Nursing Homes (supersedes 59AER20-3)Nursing homes: Department of Health entry, staff testing on entry and compliance with DOH testing directives continuedAgency for Health Care AdministrationFlorida - Agency for Health Care AdministrationStateAug. 6, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Travel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary 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. RI-022Executive Order 20-61Fifty-sixth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Early Closure of BarsGovernor Gina M. RaimondoRhode IslandStateAug. 6, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Curfew and hoursAlcohol and barsPrimary 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. 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. 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. FL-061Executive Order 20-193Amending Executive Order 20-179 (local government public meetings extended to Oct. 1, 2020)Governor Ron DeSantisFloridaStateAug. 7, 20202020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ID-035Proclamation declaring/continuing the state of emergency (Aug. 7, 2020)Proclamation (Aug. 7, 2020)Governor Brad LittleIdahoStateAug. 7, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read

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