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Ex. MET-PHL-072Resolution continuing the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration (Resolution 31-2020, Mar. 10, 2020) (county PDF 'COVID19Resolution.pdf')Delaware County Council COVID-19 ResolutionDelaware County CouncilDelaware County, PennsylvaniaCountyMar. 10, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-039Resolution Ratifying and Extending Declaration of Disaster EmergencyRatifying and Extending Declaration of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020)Bucks County Board of Commissioners (Diane Ellis-Marseglia, Robert Harvie Jr., Gene DiGirolamo)Bucks County, PennsylvaniaCountyMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Emergency declarationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-014Emergency Order suspending door-to-door, public-event and in-person sales and marketing of competitive electric and natural gas supply (announced by press release of March 16, 2020)PUC Suspends Door-to-Door, In-Person Marketing Activities for Energy Suppliers During Governor's Proclamation of Disaster EmergencyPennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille (Emergency Order), Docket No. M-2020-3019254Pennsylvania (State public utility commission)Sector regulatorMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-043Township office closed to the public (Mar. 16, 2020); public access to the Township Municipal Building by appointment only from Nov. 16, 2020 (memorandum of Nov. 20, 2020); Township rule requiring all employees to wear face masks in all Township facilities (posted 2021, captured Sept. 20, 2021)Haverford Township building-access and employee mask rules, 2020-2021Township of Haverford (Township Manager David R. Burman; Board of Commissioners)Township of Haverford (Havertown), Delaware County, PennsylvaniaCityMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-119Statewide closure of all K-12 schools announced Mar. 13, 2020 (effective Mar. 16 for ten business days), extended Mar. 23 and Mar. 30, 2020, and made permanent for the 2019-2020 school year Apr. 9, 2020Statewide K-12 school closure (Mar. 13 - end of the 2019-2020 school year)Governor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-12-040Order of Mar. 16, 2020, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket (statewide judicial emergency)In re: General Statewide Judicial EmergencySupreme Court of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaCourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-117Closure of all Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores at the end of business Mar. 17, 2020 (indefinite); limited online sales resumed Apr. 1, 2020; curbside pickup from Apr. 20, 2020 (under the Governor's Apr. 20 amendment, PA-110); phased store reopening with the county phases from May 8, 2020PLCB store closures and phased reopening (Mar. 17 - June 2020)Pennsylvania Liquor Control BoardPennsylvaniaSector regulatorMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureAlcohol and barsSupply chainConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-11-GM-057DCVelocity Home Delivery World 2020 RescheduledHome Delivery World (retail logistics and last-mile conference)TerrapinnPhiladelphia, PAOrganizerMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Organizer noticeConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-139Order of the Secretary Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (Mar. 24, 2020), as amended July 10, 2020, Jan. 27, 2021 (SEC-01-094) and Aug. 13, 2021 (effective Aug. 18, 2021)Pennsylvania hospital daily reporting order and its Aug. 13, 2021 amendmentSecretary / Acting Secretary of HealthPennsylvaniaStateMar. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-121Friends of Danny DeVito v. Wolf, No. 68 MM 2020 (Pa. Apr. 13, 2020) (upholding the Mar. 19, 2020 business closure order against constitutional challenge; application for stay denied Apr. 24, 2020)Friends of Danny DeVito v. WolfSupreme Court of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaCourtApr. 13, 20202020 Q2OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-C-117Act 15 of 2020 (SB 841): Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) omnibus amendmentsRemote notarization (57 Pa.C.S. § 306 temporary authorization); remote meetings of local government bodies; property-tax and other emergency…Pennsylvania General Assembly (SB 841), signed by Governor WolfPennsylvaniaStateApr. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-110Amendment of Apr. 20, 2020 to the Orders Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining (online motor-vehicle sales authorized; Liquor Control Board curbside pickup; limited construction from May 8, later May 1)Amendment to the Business Closure Orders (Apr. 20, 2020)Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of HealthPennsylvaniaStateApr. 20, 20202020 Q2Business closureAlcohol and barsConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-111Amendment of Apr. 27, 2020 permitting golf courses, marinas, guided fishing trips and privately owned campgrounds to reopen May 1, 2020, and moving the construction restart to May 1, 2020Amendment to the Business Closure Orders (Apr. 27, 2020)Governor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateApr. 27, 20202020 Q2Business closureConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-09-009Amendments of Apr. 20, 2020 to the Orders closing businesses that are not life sustaining (construction permitted from May 1, 2020)April 20, 2020 amendments to the Business Closure OrdersGovernor Tom Wolf; Secretary of HealthPennsylvaniaStateApr. 20, 20202020 Q2Business closureWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-088Order directing local courts to restore more operations from May 4, 2020, continuing the statewide judicial emergency through June 1, 2020, and extending the eviction stay to May 11, 2020 (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket)In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Order (local court operation)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam)PennsylvaniaCourtApr. 28, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-024Amendment to the Construction AuthorizationAmendment to Construction Executive Order (May 15, 2020)Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPHCity of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCityMay 15, 20202020 Q2Business closureWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-GM-040Organizer noticeUSMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills examination (physician licensing)USMLE program (NBME and FSMB)Five clinical skills evaluation centers (Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles), PA; IL; GA; TX; CAOrganizerMay 26, 20202020 Q2Organizer noticeConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-089Order on the cessation of the general statewide judicial emergency after June 1, 2020 (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket)In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Order (cessation as of June 1, 2020)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam)PennsylvaniaCourtMay 27, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools (June 3, 2020) requiring a board-approved Health and Safety Plan before any school entity reopensRequirement that every school entity adopt and post a Health and Safety Plan approved by its governing body, consistent with the Secretary…Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary Pedro A. Rivera; Acting Secretary Noe Ortega)Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary of Education); State levelStateJune 3, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-116Orders directing universal baseline COVID-19 testing of residents and staff: nursing care facilities (June 8, 2020; baseline by July 24, 2020) and personal care homes, assisted living residences and intermediate care facilities (June 26, 2020; baseline by Aug. 31, 2020)Orders of the Secretary of Health Directing Testing at Long-Term Care Facilities (June 8 and June 26, 2020)Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.PennsylvaniaStateJune 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-026Amendment Regarding Outdoor Dining to the Yellow Phase OrderAmendment Regarding Outdoor Dining to the Emergency Order Allowing Limited Reopening of Businesses (Yellow Phase Order)Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPHCity of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCityJune 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Capacity limitWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-095PDP 'COVID-19 resources' page (last updated June 22, 2020; archived July 2, 2020)Department COVID-19 resources during the City's 'yellow phase' of reopening (visitation suspended since March 2020 with video visits)Philadelphia Department of Prisons (Commissioner Blanche Carney)Philadelphia Department of Prisons (City of Philadelphia); city levelCityJune 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-23-GM-030Organizer noticeAppalachian Gas Measurement Short Course (AGMSC) 2020AGMSC Executive Committee (Robert Morris University host)Moon Township (Robert Morris University), PAOrganizerJuly 1, 20202020 Q3Organizer noticeConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-14-022Order of the Governor Related to Foreclosures and Evictions (extension)Order Related to Foreclosures and EvictionsGovernor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateJuly 9, 20202020 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-26-GM-025VHMA Hospital Managers Conference Online TVB ReportVHMA Annual Meeting and Conference (veterinary hospital managers' three-day conference)Veterinary Hospital Managers AssociationOrlando (2020); Philadelphia (2021), FL (2020); PA (2021)OrganizerJuly 17, 20202020 Q3Organizer noticeConfirmed from a secondary source

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