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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. 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-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-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. ECO-B-049Executive Order No. 20-29Ready Schools, Safe Learners: K-12 Instructional Activities and the Provision of School-Based Services During 2020-2021 Academic Year in the…Governor Kate BrownOregonStateJune 24, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-076MDHHS Emergency Order, Gatherings and Face Mask Order (Nov. 15, 2020), extended Dec. 7, 2020Gatherings and Face Mask Order ('Pause to Save Lives'): high schools and colleges closed to in-person instruction; indoor dining closedMichigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon)MichiganStateNov. 15, 20202020 Q4Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-142Executive Order of June 29, 2020 delaying the start of in-person instruction to August 17, 2020 (EO 2020-41), and Executive Order of July 23, 2020 (EO 2020-51) requiring schools to open at least one on-site location from August 17 while instruction remained remote absent ADHS benchmarksDelay of in-person instruction to August 17, 2020; benchmark conditions for reopening (Aug. 6, 2020 ADHS benchmarks)Governor Douglas A. DuceyArizonaStateJune 29, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-143CDPH COVID-19 and Reopening In-Person Learning Framework for K-12 Schools in California, 2020-2021 School Year (July 17, 2020)Schools in counties on the State's County Monitoring List may not reopen for in-person instruction; remote instruction required until the…Governor Gavin Newsom / California Department of Public HealthCaliforniaStateJuly 17, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-028Executive Order 09.30.20.02Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateSept. 30, 20202020 Q4Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. KY-068Healthy at Work Requirements for Government Offices and Agencies, Version 1.1Requirements for Government Offices and Agencies (state offices reopened May 18, 2020 for limited in-person services at 33 percent…Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements under EO 2020-396 and the CHFS order of May 18, 2020)KentuckyStateMay 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MS-045Executive Order 1533Thirteen counties added to the county face-covering and 10/50 gathering measuresGovernor Tate ReevesMississippi (Adams, Amite, Coahoma, Franklin, Jefferson, Kemper, Monroe, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Quitman, Scott, Sunflower, Washington Counties)StateDec. 1, 20202020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. NC-022Executive Order No. 180Additional Face Covering Requirements and Extension of Phase 3Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateNov. 23, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. NM-077K-12 public school closure (Mar. 13, 2020, effective Mar. 16 through Apr. 3; extended Mar. 27, 2020 through the end of the 2019-20 school year) and PED 'Reentry Guidance' (June 20, 2020) and 'COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools' (2021-22)School closure orders and PED reentry instrumentsGovernor Michelle Lujan Grisham; Public Education Secretary Ryan StewartNew MexicoStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NV-054Senate Bill No. 4 (2020) (enrolled)Public accommodation facilities in counties of 100,000 or more: mandatory cleaning standards, transmission-limiting protocols, employee…Nevada Legislature (32nd Special Session), approved by Governor SisolakNevadaStateAug. 11, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. OH-062Director's Orders limiting access to residential care facilities (assisted living): original order of March 13, 2020; outdoor visitation from June 8, 2020; Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio's Residential Care Facilities, with Exceptions (March 22, 2021)Residential care facility access orders (chain)Director, Ohio Department of HealthOhioStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-021Emergency Executive Order 20-82 (Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 school year)Implementing a Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 School YearGovernor Tim WalzMinnesotaStateJuly 30, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-022Emergency Executive Order 20-99 (Four Week Dial Back), as extended by EO 20-103 (Dec. 16, 2020)Implementing a Four Week Dial Back on Certain Activities to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 (organized youth and adult sports paused)Governor Tim WalzMinnesotaStateNov. 18, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureGathering capEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-052Executive Order 2020-142 (MI Safe Schools: Michigan's 2020-21 Return to School Roadmap)Provision of preK-12 education for the 2020-2021 school yearGovernor Gretchen WhitmerMichiganStateJune 30, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-092The July 17-20, 2020 fall-opening orders of Kansas, Utah and Iowa (grouped record)Kansas EO 20-59; Utah UDOH K-12 face-covering order; Iowa Proclamation of July 17, 2020Governor Laura Kelly (KS EO 20-59, July 20, 2020: face coverings in schools); Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of July 20, 2020: face coverings in all public and private K-12 schools); Governor Kim Reynolds (Iowa Proclamation of July 17, 2020: at least half of instruction in person)Kansas; Utah; IowaStateJuly 20, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-18-027Executive Order 04.20.20.01Reviving a Healthy Georgia (reopening of gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, barbers, cosmetologists, hair designers…Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateApr. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. UT-025State Public Health Order 2020-17Declaring a Statewide Public Health EmergencyRichard G. Saunders, Executive Director, Utah Department of Health, with the concurrence of the GovernorUtahStateOct. 14, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. UT-035State Public Health Order 2020-28Updated School Face Mask OrderRichard G. Saunders, Executive Director, Utah Department of HealthUtahStateDec. 17, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. WV-049Executive Order 74-20Live music: outdoor performances permitted under guidance; indoor performances only for broadcast to remote audiencesGovernor Jim JusticeWest VirginiaStateOct. 5, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureEvents and venuesPrimary source read

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