| Ex. SEC-13-074 | Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021An Act Relative to Extending Certain COVID-19 Measures Adopted During the State of Emergency | Massachusetts General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker | MassachusettsState | June 16, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-064 | Emergency Order Revoking and Replacing Moratorium on Eviction EnforcementCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Revoking and Replacing Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement | Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health | City of Somerville, MassachusettsCity | June 17, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-080 | Supreme Judicial Court Seventh Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic (entered July 1, 2021, effective July 12, 2021; amended Dec. 31, 2021 and Jan. 24, 2022)Q3 2021 court-operations order: end of Phase 3 jury-trial limits on July 9, 2021 but continued COVID-19 provisions, including six-person… | Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts | Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court | July 1, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Gathering capCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-083 | Public Health Advisory: Provincetown Residents and Visitors Urged to Take Precautions Due to Uptick of COVID-19 CasesPublic Health Advisory, July 19, 2021 | Provincetown Select Board, Provincetown Board of Health and Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment | Town of Provincetown and Barnstable County, MassachusettsCounty | July 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-02-GM-008 | Organizer noticeASCRS Annual Meeting (cataract and refractive surgery; ophthalmic device exhibition) | American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery | Boston, MAOrganizer | July 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-116 | Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-3Retail pharmacies with LTCF or ALR contracts may provide COVID-19 vaccine to long-term care facilities and assisted living residences… | Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health | Massachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)State | July 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MA-073 | Advisory Regarding Face Coverings and Cloth Masks (updated July 30, 2021)DPH mask advisory for vaccinated and unvaccinated residents | Department of Public Health | MassachusettsState | July 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MA-067 | COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-4Order of the Commissioner of Public Health regarding the requirement for nursing home personnel to be vaccinated against COVID-19 | Acting Commissioner of Public Health Margret R. Cooke, with Public Health Council authorization (June 9, 2021) and the Governor's approval | MassachusettsState | Aug. 4, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-131 | Executive Orders Regarding Mandatory Face Coverings for Employees and for Visitors in all municipal buildingsCity of Worcester to Require Masks in Municipal Buildings (worcesterma.gov, August 10, 2021) | City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr. | City of Worcester, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 10, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MA-070 | 101 CMR 23.00COVID-19 Vaccinations for Staff at Certain Agency Facilities (emergency regulation) | Executive Office of Health and Human Services (emergency regulation) | MassachusettsState | Aug. 13, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Workplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MA-068 | Executive Order No. 595Implementing a Requirement for COVID-19 Vaccination for the Commonwealth's Executive Department Employees | Governor Charles D. Baker | MassachusettsState | Aug. 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Workplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-122 | Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-5 (Extending Certain Licenses)Licenses granted under the Apr. 3, 2020 Order Maximizing Health Care Provider Availability remain valid until Dec. 31, 2021 notwithstanding… | Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner of Public Health | Massachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)State | Aug. 20, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-063 | Order and Regulation Revising Face Coverings Mandate (indoor public mask mandate)City of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Order and Regulation Revising Face Coverings Mandate | Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress, Director of Health and Human Services) | City of Somerville, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048 | Minutes of the Board's special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools)Board vote authorizing the Commissioner to require masks for all students age five and older and all staff in public schools through at… | Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021) | Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState | Aug. 24, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. ECO-B-149 | DESE mask requirement for all public school students (age 5+) and staff, August 25, 2021Massachusetts public school mask requirement, 2021-22 (ended Feb. 28, 2022) | Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Commissioner, under Board vote of Aug. 24, 2021) | MassachusettsState | Aug. 25, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MA-071 | Implementation of DESE Mask RequirementDESE mask requirement for public school students and staff, 2021-22 school year | Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education's August 24, 2021 vote | MassachusettsState | Aug. 25, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-15-081 | DESE mask requirement for all public K-12 students, staff and visitors for 2021-22 (issued Aug. 25, 2021; extended Sept. 27, Oct. 26, 2021 and Jan. 10, 2022)DESE universal mask requirement (Aug. 25, 2021) | Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under authority voted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Aug. 24, 2021 | MassachusettsSector regulator | Aug. 25, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-118 | Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-6Emergency licensure: health care professionals licensed in good standing in another State to be issued corresponding Massachusetts licenses… | Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner of Public Health | Massachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)State | Aug. 26, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-013 | Order Requiring Face Coverings in the City of BostonOrder Requiring Face Coverings in the City of Boston | Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 20, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-014 | Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Updated COVID-19 Operational ProtocolsThe Licensing Board for the City of Boston's Advisory Regarding Updated COVID-19 Operational Protocols | Licensing Board for the City of Boston (under Acting Mayor Kim Janey) | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 23, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-019 | City of Boston announcement of the indoor mask mandate and Five-Point Plan for the Delta VariantMayor Janey announces indoor mask mandate for City of Boston (boston.gov, August 20, 2021) | Acting Mayor Kim Janey (announcing the BPHC order of Aug. 20, 2021) | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 20, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementVaccination or testing | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-150 | Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: masks mandated indoors in businesses, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice poster)MASK REQUIRED even if you are vaccinated... Masks are mandated indoors by order of the Brookline Department of Public Health, Effective… | Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public Health | Town of Brookline (Norfolk County), MassachusettsCity | Aug. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-151 | Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: face coverings mandatory in all common areas in buildings, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice)By order of the Brookline Department of Public Health, FACE COVERINGS ARE MANDATORY IN ALL COMMON AREAS in buildings. All adults and… | Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public Health | Town of Brookline, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-104 | Bulletin 2021-08Responding to COVID-19 Risks Following End of State of Emergency | Gary D. Anderson, Commissioner of Insurance | Massachusetts; Division of InsuranceSector regulator | Aug. 31, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-040 | Temporary Order Establishing an Eviction Moratorium in the City of BostonTemporary Order Establishing an Eviction Moratorium in the City of Boston | Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 31, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementOther | Primary source read | |