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Ex. DUT-MI-010MCL 30.405, Powers of governor upon declaration of state of disaster or emergency; willful disobedience a misdemeanorEmergency Management Act sec. 5: control of ingress, egress and 'the occupancy of premises'; misdemeanor for willful disobedience of a…Michigan Legislature (Emergency Management Act, 1976 PA 390)MichiganStateDec. 30, 19762020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureTravel and quarantineStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-011Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g)Movement of People; Declaration of Local Disaster (control of movement of persons and occupancy of premises)Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418)TexasStateSept. 1, 19872020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-007Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Diseases (effective January 1, 2019)Arkansas State Board of Health Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Diseases, effective January 1, 2019 (as reproduced, with the…Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateJan. 1, 20192020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-021NJMVC 'Extensions and CDLs' FAQ (updated October 1, 2020)NJMVC Extensions and CDLs FAQ (updated Thursday, October 1, 2020)New Jersey Motor Vehicle CommissionNew Jersey (State agency: Motor Vehicle Commission)StateOct. 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-026DPS&C Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response notice of Mar. 12, 2020 (inmate notification of visiting suspension)All visiting suspended at State prisons effective immediately, attorney visits included and reviewed case by case; off-site non-emergent…Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (Secretary James M. LeBlanc)Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (Corrections Services); State levelStateMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. CA-003Executive Order N-25-20Executive Order N-25-20 (residents to heed public-health directives; remote public meetings; unemployment and tax relief)Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MA-002COVID-19 Order No. 1Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, s. 20Governor Charles D. BakerMassachusettsStateMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MD-098Order of the Governor (Mar. 12, 2020) Extending Certain Licenses, Permits, RegistrationsExtending Certain Licenses, Permits, Registrations, and Other Governmental Authorizations, and Authorizing Suspension of Legal Time…Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.MarylandStateMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of July 10, 2020Statewide visitation suspension (from Mar. 13, 2020) continued through Aug. 12, 2020Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward)Georgia Department of Corrections; State levelStateJuly 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-087Alaska DOC COVID-19 page, 'Access to Institutions' (as archived Mar. 29, 2020)All visiting at institutions statewide suspended effective Mar. 13, 2020, including outside volunteers, attorneys and tours; all…Alaska Department of Corrections (Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom)Alaska Department of Corrections; State levelStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-008Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.40 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-100; not re-saved)Emergency Management Act; Governor; powers and dutiesNebraska LegislatureNebraskaStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. IL-002Executive Order 2020-04 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 2)Cancellation of gatherings of 1,000 or more; closure of the James R. Thompson Center; State employee sick leaveGovernor JB PritzkerIllinoisStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NH-001Executive Order 2020-04An order declaring a state of emergency due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)Governor Christopher T. SununuNew HampshireStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. RI-002Executive Order 20-03Supplemental Emergency Declaration (quarantine of international arrivals)Governor Gina M. RaimondoRhode IslandStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. VT-001Executive Order No. 01-20Declaration of State of Emergency in Response to COVID-19 and National Guard Call-OutGovernor Philip B. ScottVermontStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-064DOCCS, 'Suspensions, Restrictions and Cancellations in Response to COVID-19' (as archived Apr. 11, 2020)Visitation at all 52 correctional facilities suspended statewide (from Mar. 14, 2020) until Apr. 29, 2020; all in-person reports of…New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (Acting Commissioner Anthony J. Annucci)New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision; State levelStateMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-00437-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended)Title 37-B, Chapter 13: Maine Emergency Management Agency (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated October 20, 2025)Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers)MaineStateMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-022SCDC COVID-19 Action Plan (Phase Two), Mar. 16, 2020Visitation suspended 30 days; all inmate facility transfers suspended 30 days; all work release and labor crews suspended 14 days; official…South Carolina Department of Corrections (Director Bryan P. Stirling), after coordination with DHEC and the Governor's OfficeSouth Carolina Department of Corrections; State levelStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-023DOC news release, 'DOC Takes Steps to Prevent Spread of COVID-19'Inmate visitation suspended 21 days at all prisons and community correction centers; only badged volunteers admitted; Parole Board hearings…Arkansas Department of Corrections (Secretary Wendy Kelley)Arkansas Department of Corrections (Division of Correction and Division of Community Correction); State levelStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-046NMCD release, 'New temporary visitation changes to be implemented' (Mar. 16, 2020)All visitation suspended through the end of April 2020, including contact, non-contact and attorney visits in all prison facilitiesNew Mexico Corrections Department (Secretary Alisha Tafoya Lucero)New Mexico Corrections Department; State levelStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-081ADOC Public Announcement, 'COVID-19 -- ADOC Suspends All Visitation and Inmate Passes for 30 Days' (Mar. 16, 2020, with updates of Mar. 19-20, 2020)All visitation, inmate passes, tours and volunteer entry suspended statewide 30 days; all non-emergent inmate community physician…Alabama Department of Corrections (Commissioner Jefferson S. Dunn)Alabama Department of Corrections; State levelStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capHealth care ordersCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-019NJMVC website notice: MVC agencies, road testing and inspection facilities closed to the public; expirations extended (as archived nearest April 1, 2020)COVID-19 Response notice on njmvc.gov home pageNew Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (Chief Administrator), at the Governor's direction under Executive Orders 103 and 104 (2020)New Jersey (State agency: Motor Vehicle Commission)StateApr. 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-034CTDOT press release, Mar. 14, 2020: Shore Line East on a weekend schedule seven days a week and Hartford Line on a Saturday schedule seven days a week from Mar. 16, 2020 until further notice; Shore Line East through-trains to Stamford suspended; two Amtrak Hartford Line trains cancelledService Changes Announced for Shore Line East and Hartford LineConnecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT)Connecticut (Shore Line East; Hartford Line New Haven-Springfield)StateMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-008W. Va. Code ch. 15, art. 5 (whole article), §§ 15-5-2, 15-5-6, 15-5-17 and 15-5-18 relied onEmergency Management Act: definition of 'disaster' (including 'epidemic'); proclamation of a state of emergency and additional powers of the…West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)West VirginiaStateFeb. 23, 20232020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. MD-038Order of the Governor (Mar. 16, 2020), Temporarily Prohibiting Evictions of Tenants Suffering Substantial Loss of Income Due to COVID-19Temporarily Prohibiting Evictions of Tenants Suffering Substantial Loss of Income Due to COVID-19Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.MarylandStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read