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Ex. MN-035Emergency Executive Order 21-01Protecting Recent Progress and Cautiously Resuming Certain ActivitiesGovernor Tim WalzMinnesotaStateJan. 6, 20212021 Q1Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-100Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 - Testing of State of Michigan Nursing Home Inspectors (LARA)State nursing-home inspectors (LARA surveyors) must be tested for COVID-19 before entering nursing homes; rescinds the prior…Robert Gordon, Director, MDHHSMichigan - Department of Health and Human Services (State health department)StateJan. 11, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Travel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-102Michigan COVID-19 Vaccination Interim Prioritization Guidance (updated Jan. 6, 2021)Phase 1B opened Jan. 11, 2021 to persons 65 and older and frontline essential workers (first responders, K-12 and child-care staff…Michigan Department of Health and Human ServicesMichigan - Department of Health and Human Services (State health department)StateJan. 6, 20212021 Q1Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersVaccination or testingSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-114Phased Distribution of the Vaccine (New York State COVID-19 Vaccine Program), as posted Jan. 15, 2021Phase 1a (health care personnel, long-term care residents and staff) and Phase 1b groups eligible beginning Jan. 11, 2021 (persons 75 and…New York State Department of HealthNew York - Department of Health (State health department)StateJan. 15, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. DC-020Mayor's Order 2021-004Extension of Paused Activities and Clarification of Duration of Public Emergency and Public Health EmergencyMayor Muriel BowserDistrict of ColumbiaStateJan. 11, 20212021 Q1Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitPrimary source read
Ex. NE-064Executive Order 21-02Coronavirus - Continued Limited Waiver of Public Meetings RequirementsGovernor Pete RickettsNebraska (all public bodies)StateJan. 11, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-041Executive Order No. 214 (2021)2020-2021 school-year policies: graduation proficiency test waived; student growth data excluded from educator evaluation…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateJan. 11, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. WA-056Proclamation 20-25.12Healthy Washington - Roadmap to RecoveryGovernor Jay InsleeWashingtonStateJan. 11, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. WA-104Eating and Drinking Establishments COVID-19 Requirements (Phases 1-3; archived version updated June 2, 2021)Eating and Drinking Establishments COVID-19 RequirementsGovernor Jay Inslee (Office of the Governor), requirements incorporated by reference in Proclamation 20-25 et seq.WashingtonStateJune 2, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. WA-107Indoor Entertainment COVID-19 Requirements (Phases 1-3; archived version updated June 2, 2021; changes February 18 and March 24, 2021)Indoor Entertainment COVID-19 Requirements (aquariums, indoor theaters, arenas, concert halls, gardens, museums, bowling, trampoline…Governor Jay Inslee (Office of the Governor), requirements incorporated by reference in Proclamation 20-25 et seq.WashingtonStateJune 2, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. WV-056Executive Order 2-21All sports teams and leagues barred from practice until February 14, 2021 and from competition until March 3, 2021Governor Jim JusticeWest VirginiaStateJan. 11, 20212021 Q1Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-096WSDOT news release, Jan. 12, 2021: 2020 WSF ridership down 41 percent (about 10 million riders) to roughly 14 million, the lowest since 1975; for the first time more vehicles (7.6 million) than passengers (6.4 million); walk-ons on downtown Seattle routes collapsed (Seattle/Bremerton down 64 percent; Seattle/Bainbridge down 59 percent; walk-ons down 74 percent); Sidney, B.C. route down 99 percent 'due to border restrictions'; ridership at about 60 percent of pre-pandemic levels in recent months; sailings restored incrementally under the COVID Response Service PlanFerry ridership at lowest level in nearly 50 years - Annual riders down 10 million from 2019 due to pandemicWashington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries (WSF); Assistant Secretary Amy ScartonWashington (all WSF routes)StateJan. 12, 20212021 Q1Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CT-008Proposed H.B. No. 5125 (2021), An Act Concerning the Provision of Temporary Immunity from Liability to Entities That Have Safely Operated During the COVID-19 Pandemic (NOT ENACTED)An Act Concerning the Provision of Temporary Immunity from Liability to Entities That Have Safely Operated During the COVID-19 PandemicConnecticut General Assembly, January Session 2021 (Proposed Bill No. 5125, LCO No. 413; Rep. Fiorello et al.; referred to the Committee on Judiciary)ConnecticutStateJan. 12, 2021Standing dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-056Minutes of the Board of Directors meeting of January 27, 2021 (approved Mar. 10, 2021)State vaccination center in Halls 3D-3E from January 13, 2021; OGS emergency warehousing in Hall 1A; National Guard in Halls 1E and 2D…Board of Directors of the New York Convention Center Operating CorporationNew York Convention Center Operating Corporation (Javits Center), New YorkStateJan. 27, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Business closureHealth care ordersEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. LA-026Proclamation 6 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana (Modified Phase 2 renewed; remote-work directive)Governor John Bel EdwardsLouisianaStateJan. 12, 20212021 Q1Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MT-019Executive Order No. 2-2021Executive Order Establishing a State of EmergencyGovernor Greg GianforteMontanaStateJan. 13, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. OK-035Ninth Amended Executive Order 2020-2011 p.m. cutoff lifted; State-property masks, six-foot rule for restaurants and bars, 50 percent gathering cap and youth-sports cap continuedGovernor J. Kevin StittOklahomaStateJan. 13, 20212021 Q1Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-021Memorandum: COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility Expansion to Phase 1B Persons Aged 65 and Older and to Phase 1B Persons Aged 16 and Older with a High-Risk Chronic Medical ConditionEligibility expansion effective Jan. 14, 2021 (65 and older; 16-64 with high-risk conditions); Phase 1A and first responders remain…Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of HealthNew Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)StateJan. 13, 20212021 Q1Health care ordersVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-018Press release and letter, 'AG Knudsen Orders Dismissal of COVID Curfew Case Against Rocking R Bar in Gallatin County' (Gallatin City-County Board of Health and Health Officer Matt Kelley v. Rocking R Bar, Gallatin County Cause No. DV-20-1278B)AG Knudsen Orders Dismissal of COVID Curfew Case Against Rocking R Bar in Gallatin CountyAttorney General Austin Knudsen, Montana Department of Justice (press release with the full text of the supervisory letter to Gallatin County Attorney Marty Lambert)MontanaStateJan. 14, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Standing dutyBusiness closureCurfew and hoursStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MT-039Directive Implementing Executive Order 2-2021 by modifying state laws to address the consequences of COVID (Jan. 14, 2021)Directive Implementing Executive Order 2-2021 by modifying state laws to address the consequences of COVIDGovernor Greg GianforteMontanaStateJan. 14, 20212021 Q1Emergency declarationHealth care ordersCourts and public officesSupply chainOtherPrimary source read
Ex. RI-033Executive Order 21-04One Hundred-and-Tenth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - In-Person Learning at Institutes of Higher EducationGovernor Gina M. RaimondoRhode IslandStateJan. 14, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AK-026Declaration of Public Health Disaster EmergencyDeclaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency, January 14, 2021 (effective January 15, 2021)Governor Mike DunleavyAlaskaStateJan. 14, 20212021 Q1Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-026Directive Implementing Executive Order 2-2021 (Jan. 13, 2021) (cross-reference to Ex. MT-020)Directive of January 13, 2021: Public Gatherings; Businesses; Schools; General Masking RequirementsGovernor Greg GianforteMontanaStateJan. 13, 20212021 Q1Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. IL-033Executive Order 2021-02 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 72)Tier 2 mitigations for Regions 1, 2 and 5 (first step down from Tier 3)Governor JB PritzkerIllinois (Regions 1, 2 and 5)StateJan. 15, 20212021 Q1Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MS-049Executive Order 1542Safe Recovery Order and county face-covering mandate extended to February 3, 2021; Claiborne and Tunica added; Adams, Jefferson, Lawrence…Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateJan. 15, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read