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Ex. SEC-10-024Ballotpedia, Documenting Michigan's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021 (secondary chronology)Secondary source for: MIOSHA extension of the COVID-19 workplace emergency rules on Apr. 13, 2021 'through Oct. 14' [2021]; the rules'…Ballotpedia (secondary source) recording MIOSHA and Governor actionsMichiganStateJune 22, 20212020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. HI-055Report, Final statewide mask requirement ended in Hawaii March 26Ballotpedia News: Hawaii's statewide indoor mask requirement ended March 26, 2022 after 704 days, the last in the nationBallotpedia News (reporting the Governor's Mar. 8, 2022 announcement)HawaiiStateMar. 28, 2022Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ID-070Documenting Idaho's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021Ballotpedia: Documenting Idaho's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021Ballotpedia (secondary chronology)IdahoStateOct. 6, 2021OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-075Documenting Mississippi's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021Ballotpedia Mississippi recovery timeline (newsletter entries April 2020 - June 2021)Ballotpedia (secondary tracker)MississippiStateJune 14, 2021OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-12-083States that issued lockdown and stay-at-home orders in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020 (as archived Jan. 5, 2021)Ballotpedia stay-at-home order table (start and end dates by State)Ballotpedia (compilation)United States (all States)StateDec. 31, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-017Executive Order N-26-20Executive Order N-26-20 (continuity of State funding and services for local educational agencies that close schools to address COVID-19)Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-035Executive Order 2020-51 (Mar. 30, 2020), extending the school closure of EO 2020-09 (Mar. 15) and the Mar. 20 extensionExtension of school closures through the end of the 2019-2020 school yearGovernor Douglas A. Ducey and Superintendent Kathy HoffmanArizonaStateMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-063Executive Order 20-05Closure of all K-12 schools until May 1, 2020Governor Eric J. HolcombIndianaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-100Executive Order 202.4Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency (statewide closure of schools from March 18…Governor Andrew M. CuomoNew YorkStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-119Third Amended Director's Order for the Closure of K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (May 2020)Closure of all K-12 schools through the end of the 2019-2020 school year (third amendment)Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton)OhioStateMay 20, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-126Executive Order of November 18, 2020 (reported as EO 2020-969) requiring all public and private K-12 schools to cease in-person instructionCessation of in-person instruction at all K-12 public and private schools from November 23, 2020; elementary schools in non-red counties may…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateNov. 18, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-127COVID-19 Order No. 6 (Mar. 15, 2020), Order Temporarily Closing All Public and Private Elementary and Secondary SchoolsTemporary closure of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, March 17 - April 6, 2020Governor Charles D. BakerMassachusettsStateMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-144Twenty-Fifth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Aug. 25, 2020)Face coverings required for students in kindergarten and above inside schools; parental notification of positive casesGovernor John CarneyDelawareStateAug. 25, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-020Executive Order 1488Safer at Home extended to June 1, 2020; Holmes County added to EO 1483 measuresGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMay 26, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MS-033Executive Order 1516Statewide face-covering mandateGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateAug. 4, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MS-040Executive Order 1527Hospitals must reserve 10 percent of capacity to perform elective procedures; face coverings and 10/50 gathering caps in nine countiesGovernor Tate ReevesMississippi (statewide hospital rule; Chickasaw, Claiborne, DeSoto, Forrest, Itawamba, Jackson, Lamar, Lee, Neshoba Counties)StateOct. 19, 20202020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. MS-048Executive Order 1539Seventeen counties added to the EO 1536 face-covering mandate (78 of 82 counties)Governor Tate ReevesMississippi (Benton, George, Greene, Hancock, Humphreys, Jasper, Leake, Newton, Pike, Quitman, Smith, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Wilkinson Counties)StateDec. 22, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MS-052Executive Order 1550EO 1549 extended to April 30, 2021; indoor arenas 75 percent; K-12 indoor extracurricular events 50 percentGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMar. 31, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-067Reentry Guide, Version 3 (January 2021)Requirements for the phased reentry of New Mexico public schools in 2020-21 (remote, hybrid and full reentry by county gating criteria…New Mexico Public Education DepartmentNew Mexico Public Education Department; State levelStateJan. 29, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AR-031Act 1002 of 2021 (SB 590)An Act to End Mandatory Face Covering Requirements in the State of Arkansas; to Declare an Emergency; and for Other PurposesArkansas General Assembly (93rd, Regular Session); approved by the GovernorArkansasStateApr. 28, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. AR-0802021-2022 COVID-19 Guidance for Schools (revised July 27, 2021)Statewide guidance for the 2021-22 school year: masks cannot be mandated under Act 1002; quarantine of unvaccinated, unmasked close…Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Arkansas Department of Education, with the Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateJuly 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-016Executive Order No. 20-07Temporarily closing K-12 schools to slow the spread of COVID-19Governor Laura KellyKansasStateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Gathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-018Executive Order GA-08Relating to COVID-19 preparedness and mitigationGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-025Executive Order No. 104Aggressive social distancing measures: gatherings limited to 50; closure of all schools, colleges, casinos, racetracks, gyms, theaters…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child careCurfew and hoursPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-032Executive Order 03.16.20.01School Closures to Stop Spread of COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read

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