| Ex. NC-002 | Executive Order No. 117Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. ECO-B-059 | Executive Order No. 117Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-028 | UNC System Updates Guidance to Constituent Institutions (March 17, 2020)System guidance moving all constituent institutions to remote instruction for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester and reducing campus… | UNC System Interim President William L. Roper | University of North Carolina System (Board of Governors; sixteen constituent institutions); State levelState | Mar. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering cap | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-27-006 | UNC System Updates Guidance to Constituent Institutions (Mar. 17, 2020)Systemwide move to remote instruction for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester; reduced campus operations; students directed not to… | UNC System Interim President William L. Roper | North Carolina (UNC System; sixteen constituent institutions)State | Mar. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. ECO-B-060 | Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure Date | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-039 | Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure Date | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-004 | Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure Date | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-005 | Executive Order No. 121Stay at Home Order and Strategic Directions for North Carolina in Response to Increasing COVID-19 Cases | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-16-011 | Executive Order No. 121Stay at Home Order and Strategic Directions for North Carolina in Response to Increasing COVID-19 Cases | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-009 | Executive Order No. 135Extension of Executive Orders 118, 120, 121, and 131 (Stay at Home Order extended) | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Apr. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering cap | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-010 | Executive Order No. 138Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 1 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | May 5, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-16-012 | Executive Order No. 138Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 1 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | May 5, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering cap | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-011 | Executive Order No. 141Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 2 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | May 20, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-013 | Executive Order No. 147Extension of Phase 2 Order and New Measures to Save Lives in the COVID-19 Pandemic (statewide face coverings) | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | June 24, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-20-044 | Executive Order No. 147Extension of Phase 2 Order and New Interim Measures to Save Lives in the COVID-19 Pandemic (face coverings) | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | June 24, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-014 | Executive Order No. 151Extension of Phase 2 Order | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | July 16, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076 | N.C. State Fair statement, 'N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020' (fair dates Oct. 15-25, 2020 cancelled; livestock and horse shows held separately under NCDHHS recommendations), as captured Sept. 3, 2020N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020 | N.C. State Fair, NCDA&CS (Commissioner Steve Troxler) | North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, N.C. State Fair (State agency)State | July 29, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. NC-016 | Executive Order No. 155Extension of Phase 2 Order | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Aug. 5, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-017 | Executive Order No. 163Extension of Phase 2 Order with Modifications: Phase 2.5 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Aug. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-018 | Executive Order No. 169Easing Restrictions: Phase 3 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-019 | Executive Order No. 170Extension of Phase 3 Order | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Oct. 21, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-021 | Executive Order No. 176Extension of Phase 3 Order with Reduced Indoor Mass Gathering Limit | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Nov. 10, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-022 | Executive Order No. 180Additional Face Covering Requirements and Extension of Phase 3 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Nov. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-023 | Executive Order No. 181Implementing a Modified Stay at Home Order and Requiring Night-Time Business Closures | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Dec. 8, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-053 | NCDOT release, Dec. 16, 2020: six employees on the Cedar Island-Ocracoke route positive; six recovering under 14-day quarantine and eleven more quarantined; Pamlico Sound service reduced Dec. 22-28, 2020 to two round trips per leg; crews and passengers required to wear face coveringsNCDOT Reports Six Positive COVID-19 Tests Among Pamlico Sound Ferry Staff | North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division | North Carolina (Pamlico Sound routes: Cedar Island-Ocracoke, Swan Quarter-Ocracoke)State | Dec. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |