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Ex. IA-053Supervisory Order, In the Matter of Ongoing Provisions for Coronavirus/COVID-19 Impact on Court Services (amended November 30, 2020)Order requiring masks of everyone entering court-controlled areas, requiring distanced scheduling of in-person hearings, encouraging remote…Iowa Supreme CourtIowa (all State courts)CourtNov. 24, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-032Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to January 8, 2021; mask requirement, employer directive and gathering rules continued)Proclamation extending the Public Health Disaster Emergency to January 8, 2021, continuing the indoor mask requirement and the employer…Governor Kim ReynoldsIowaStateDec. 9, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-033Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (gatherings; establishments; surgeries)Proclamation permitting gatherings of more than ten with six feet of distance and masks (business and workplace gatherings excepted)…Governor Kim ReynoldsIowaStateDec. 16, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-034Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to February 6, 2021)Proclamation extending the Public Health Disaster Emergency to February 6, 2021 and continuing the statewide employer remote-work directive…Governor Kim ReynoldsIowaStateJan. 7, 20212021 Q1Emergency declarationTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-045Senate File 160 (full-time in-person instruction)An Act relating to temporary in-person and remote learning instruction and instructional time requirements for school districts and…Iowa General Assembly (89th G.A.); approved by Governor Reynolds January 29, 2021IowaStateJan. 29, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. IA-035Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (mask, distancing, gathering and surgery mandates ended; extension to March 7, 2021)Proclamation ending the statewide mask requirement, the employer remote-work directive, the gathering and establishment mandates and the…Governor Kim ReynoldsIowaStateFeb. 5, 20212021 Q1Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-036Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to April 4, 2021)Proclamation extending the Public Health Disaster Emergency to April 4, 2021 with the dental order, staff screening order, in-person…Governor Kim ReynoldsIowaStateMar. 5, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. IA-037Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to May 30, 2021)Proclamation extending the Public Health Disaster Emergency to May 30, 2021, continuing the dental-guidelines order and the health-facility…Governor Kim ReynoldsIowaStateApr. 30, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. IA-054Order, In the Matter of Ongoing Provisions for Coronavirus/COVID-19 Impact on Court Services (face coverings revised)Order exempting fully vaccinated persons from the court face-covering requirement while keeping it for unvaccinated persons and keeping all…Iowa Supreme CourtIowa (all State courts)CourtMay 14, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-046House File 847, Division VII (facial covering policies: counties, cities and schools)An Act relating to education... including facial covering policies of counties, cities and schoolsIowa General Assembly (89th G.A.); approved by Governor Reynolds May 20, 2021IowaStateMay 20, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. IA-047House File 889 (vaccination-proof prohibition)An Act prohibiting the mandatory disclosure of whether a person has received a vaccination for COVID-19, disqualifying certain entities from…Iowa General Assembly (89th G.A.); approved by Governor Reynolds May 20, 2021IowaStateMay 20, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Vaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-030House File 847 (2021), Division on facial covering policies (counties, cities and schools), new Iowa Code section 280.31An Act relating to education, including... facial covering policiesIowa General Assembly (89th G.A.); Governor Kim Reynolds (signed)IowaStateMay 20, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. IA-077Public Administrative Order No. 21-AO-6-P, In the Matter of COVID-19 Mask RequirementOrder modifying the courthouse mask requirement: fully vaccinated persons exempt; unvaccinated persons must wear a mask and physically…United States District Court for the Southern District of IowaIowa (Southern District federal courthouses: Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Davenport)CourtMay 24, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-038Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to June 26, 2021)Proclamation extending the Public Health Disaster Emergency to June 26, 2021, continuing the dental-guidelines order ('Iowans should not…Governor Kim ReynoldsIowaStateMay 27, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. IA-055Order, In the Matter of Ongoing COVID-19 Iowa Judicial Branch Court Services and Processes Continued to January 1, 2022Order continuing the protocols, policies and procedures of the amended November 24, 2020 order from their June 30, 2021 sunset to January 1…Iowa Supreme CourtIowa (all State courts)CourtJune 21, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-039Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to August 22, 2021)Proclamation continuing the State of Public Health Disaster Emergency to August 22, 2021 with health-care regulatory suspensions…Governor Kim ReynoldsIowaStateJuly 23, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. IA-076Board of Supervisors mask requirement for county facilities (announced August 6, 2021)Requirement that masks be worn at all indoor Linn County facilities by employees and visitors regardless of vaccination status from August…Linn County Board of SupervisorsLinn County, IowaCountyAug. 6, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IA-040Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to September 19, 2021)Proclamation continuing the State of Public Health Disaster Emergency to September 19, 2021 with health-care regulatory suspensions and…Governor Kim ReynoldsIowaStateAug. 19, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. IA-067Mayor's Order requiring face coverings (with Proclamation of Civil Emergency)Order requiring every person in Iowa City to wear a face covering covering the nose and mouth in every public place, including grocery…Mayor Bruce TeagueIowa City, IowaCityAug. 19, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IA-056Order, In the Matter of Ongoing Provisions for Coronavirus/COVID-19 Impact on Court Services (face coverings)Order requiring all people entering court-controlled areas statewide to wear a face covering regardless of vaccination statusIowa Supreme CourtIowa (all State courts)CourtAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-057Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order, The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds, No. 4:21-cv-00264 (S.D. Iowa Sept. 13, 2021), ECF No. 32Temporary restraining order enjoining the Governor and the Director of the Department of Education from enforcing Iowa Code § 280.31 (the…United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (Pratt, J.)Iowa (federal district court order binding the State and its school districts)CourtSept. 13, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-068Des Moines Public Schools mask requirement (news release and family letter, September 13-14, 2021)Reinstated requirement that face masks be worn by all students, staff and visitors to Des Moines Public Schools from September 15, 2021Superintendent Thomas Ahart, Des Moines Public SchoolsDes Moines Independent Community School District, IowaCitySept. 13, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IA-041Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to October 17, 2021)Proclamation continuing the State of Public Health Disaster Emergency to October 17, 2021 with health-care regulatory suspensions, a new…Governor Kim ReynoldsIowaStateSept. 17, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. IA-042Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to November 14, 2021)Proclamation continuing the State of Public Health Disaster Emergency to November 14, 2021 (post-period continuation)Governor Kim ReynoldsIowaStateOct. 15, 2021Emergency declarationHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. IA-043Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (final extension to February 15, 2022)Final proclamation continuing the State of Public Health Disaster Emergency to February 15, 2022 ('Iowans should not expect that this…Governor Kim ReynoldsIowaStateFeb. 3, 2022Emergency declarationHealth care ordersPrimary source read

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