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Ex. DUT-HI-018House Resolution No. 60 (2021), Requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to Conduct a Study on Business Liability Protections Related to COVID-19-Related ClaimsRequesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to Conduct a Study on Business Liability Protections Related to COVID-19-Related ClaimsHouse of Representatives, Thirty-First Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2021HawaiiStateMar. 5, 2021Standing dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-028Executive Order 8-21, § 2 para. c (cross-reference to Ex. WV-060; not re-saved)Restaurants and bars up to 100 percent of seating, but occupancy 'must be limited to the extent necessary to allow for proper social…Governor Jim JusticeWest VirginiaStateMar. 5, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyOperating conditionOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-DC-016OAG press release, 'AG Racine Sues Washington Sports Club For Flouting COVID-19 Emergency Health and Safety Requirements' (Mar. 11, 2021), announcing District of Columbia v. New TSI Holdings, Inc. (D.C. Super. Ct.)AG Racine Sues Washington Sports Club For Flouting COVID-19 Emergency Health and Safety RequirementsOffice of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (Attorney General Karl A. Racine)District of ColumbiaStateMar. 11, 20212021 Q1Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-013Enrolled Com. Sub. for S.B. 277 (2021 Reg. Sess.), ch. 1, Acts 2021, adding W. Va. Code §§ 55-19-1 to 55-19-9, the COVID-19 Jobs Protection ActCOVID-19 Jobs Protection Act: findings; definitions; no claim for loss arising from COVID-19; products; workers' compensation exclusivity…West Virginia Legislature (Enrolled Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 277), approved by Governor Jim JusticeWest VirginiaStateMar. 19, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-014W. Va. Code ch. 55, art. 19 (COVID-19 Jobs Protection Act), codified textCOVID-19 Jobs Protection Act as codified: §§ 55-19-1 to 55-19-9West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)West VirginiaStateMar. 19, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-031Twenty-third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-050)Twenty-third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Child Care Facilities, K-12 Schools, Colleges…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristWyomingStateMar. 12, 20212021 Q1Standing dutyFace-covering requirementSchools and child careOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-002Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-109, Authority to regulate public health -- ExceptionsArk. Code Ann. 20-7-109. Authority to regulate public health -- Exceptions (State Board of Health rulemaking for public health and safety…General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 6)ArkansasStateMar. 18, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-003Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-101, Violations -- PenaltiesArk. Code Ann. 20-7-101. Violations -- Penalties (misdemeanor for violating the act or any order or rule under it; each day a separate…General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 28)ArkansasStateMar. 18, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-006Act 401 of 2021 (SB 254)An Act to Ensure that Businesses Are Not Penalized by the Department of Health for the Behavior of Patrons or Customers During the…General Assembly of Arkansas, 93rd General Assembly (SB 254, Sen. K. Hammer)ArkansasStateMar. 18, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-020Munza v. Ivey, No. 1200003 (Ala. Mar. 19, 2021), 334 So. 3d 211Barry Munza, Larry Lewis, and Debbie Mathis v. Kay Ivey, in her official capacity as Governor; Scott Harris, in his official capacity as…Supreme Court of Alabama (Bolin, J.)Alabama (Supreme Court of Alabama)CourtMar. 19, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-001Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-110, Study and prevention of diseasesArk. Code Ann. 20-7-110. Study and prevention of diseases (State Board of Health: general supervision and control; direction and control of…General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1895, No. 152; Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 5)ArkansasStateMar. 19, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-005Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-114, Governor -- Disaster emergency responsibilitiesArk. Code Ann. 12-75-114. Governor -- Disaster emergency responsibilities (executive orders, proclamations and regulations have the force…General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1973, No. 511, sec. 8; Arkansas Emergency Services Act of 1973)ArkansasStateMar. 19, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationCapacity limitTravel and quarantineAlcohol and barsStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ID-003Idaho Code section 39-414 (text as in force 2020 through March 18, 2021)Powers and duties of district boardIdaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 39, ch. 4, Public Health Districts)IdahoStateMar. 19, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ID-006Senate Bill 1060 (2021 Idaho Sess. Laws ch. 90), amending Idaho Code sections 39-414 and 39-419Public health orders: county-commissioner approval of county-wide or district-wide orders; infraction for willful violation of such ordersIdaho Legislature, Sixty-sixth Legislature, First Regular Session; signed by Governor Brad Little Mar. 19, 2021IdahoStateMar. 19, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-009K.S.A. 65-201, County boards of health; local health officers; review, amendment or revocation of local health officer orders; approval by board of county commissioners; civil action (text from March 25, 2021)65-201. County, city-county and multicounty units; local health officers; appointment, tenure, removal; laws applicable; review, amendment…Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes)KansasStateJune 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-016Public Law 2021, chapter 28 (L.D. 1), An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor's Emergency Powers, Part C, enacting 37-B M.R.S. sec. 742(1)(E)An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor's Emergency Powers130th Maine Legislature (L.D. 1, S.P. 29); became law without the Governor's signatureMaineStateMar. 25, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-001Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-15(4)(a)-(c), (4)(f), (12)State Department of Health; State Board of Health; powers and duties (sanitary and quarantine measures; conditions of employment; food…Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3); State Board of Health and State Department of Health as the duty-holdersMississippiStateMar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-002Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-17Rules and regulations of the State Board of Health; sanitary rules enforced by county health officersLegislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3)MississippiStateMar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-VA-020Belle Garden Estate, LLC v. Northam, Memorandum Opinion denying a preliminary injunction (ECF No. 24), Civil Action No. 7:21-cv-00135Belle Garden Estate, LLC v. Northam, No. 7:21cv00135 (W.D. Va. Mar. 26, 2021)Thomas T. Cullen, United States District JudgeVirginia (United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Roanoke Division)CourtMar. 26, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CT-011Casey v. Lamont, SC 20494 (argued Dec. 11, 2020; officially released Mar. 29, 2021), 338 Conn. 479, 258 A.3d 647 (2021)Kristine Casey et al. v. Governor Ned LamontSupreme Court of Connecticut (McDonald, J., for a unanimous court; Robinson, C.J., and McDonald, D'Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Keller, Js.)Connecticut (Supreme Court of Connecticut)CourtMar. 29, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-FL-012Chapter 2021-1, Laws of Florida (SB 72), § 1, creating Fla. Stat. § 768.38Liability protections for COVID-19-related claimsFlorida Legislature (SB 72), approved by Governor Ron DeSantisFloridaStateMar. 29, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-016Senate Bill No. 283 (2021), § 5, extending K.S.A. 60-5504 business immunity for COVID-19 claims to March 31, 2022AN ACT continuing the governmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas by extending the expanded use of telemedicine, the authority…Kansas Legislature (enrolled Senate Bill No. 283, 2021 Regular Session; L. 2021, ch. 14)KansasStateApr. 1, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-013Act 559 of 2021 (HB 1487), Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Tort ImmunityAn Act Concerning Business Liability for a Person Exposed to Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19); to Declare an Emergency; and for Other Purposes…General Assembly of Arkansas, 93rd General Assembly (HB 1487, Rep. Gonzales; Sen. Gilmore); approved by Governor Asa HutchinsonArkansasStateApr. 5, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-018Chapter 96 of the Laws of 2021 (S. 5177), repealing Public Health Law article 30-D (Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act)An act to repeal article 30-d of the public health law relating to the emergency or disaster treatment protection actNew York State Legislature (S. 5177, signed by Governor Cuomo April 6, 2021)New YorkStateApr. 6, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyHealth care ordersStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-006Wyo. Stat. Ann. 35-4-114 and 35-4-11535-4-114. Immunity from liability. 35-4-115. Definitions.Wyoming Legislature (Wyo. Stat. Title 35, ch. 4, art. 1)WyomingStateMay 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read