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13,511 instruments indexed by The COVID Project: the orders of the fifty States and the District, forty metros, the federal layer and the agencies; the standing duties; the organizers' notices; the legal authorities. Filter by kind, State, limitation type, quarter and more; open the exhibit; download what you find.

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Ex. NC-002Executive Order No. 117Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMar. 14, 20202020 Q2Gathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-059Executive Order No. 117Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMar. 14, 20202020 Q2Gathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-028UNC 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. RoperUniversity of North Carolina System (Board of Governors; sixteen constituent institutions); State levelStateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-27-006UNC 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. RoperNorth Carolina (UNC System; sixteen constituent institutions)StateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NC-039Executive Order No. 119Facilitating Critical Motor Vehicle Operations and Delegating Authority to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to…Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMar. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Travel and quarantineSchools and child careCourts and public officesSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-060Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure DateGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-04-039Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure DateGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. NC-004Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure DateGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NC-005Executive Order No. 121Stay at Home Order and Strategic Directions for North Carolina in Response to Increasing COVID-19 CasesGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-011Executive Order No. 121Stay at Home Order and Strategic Directions for North Carolina in Response to Increasing COVID-19 CasesGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. NC-007Executive Order No. 130Meeting North Carolina's Health and Human Services NeedsGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateApr. 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. NC-009Executive Order No. 135Extension of Executive Orders 118, 120, 121, and 131 (Stay at Home Order extended)Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateApr. 23, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. NC-034S.L. 2020-3, secs. 2.10, 2.11, 4.7COVID-19 Recovery Act (remote instruction for 2019-20; Remote Instruction Plans for 2020-21; DMV credential deadline extensions)General Assembly of North CarolinaNorth CarolinaStateMay 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Schools and child careCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NC-010Executive Order No. 138Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 1Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMay 5, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-012Executive Order No. 138Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 1Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMay 5, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. NC-041Executive Order No. 139Meeting North Carolina's Health and Human Services Needs (public health, Medicaid, child care and licensing provisions)Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMay 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. NC-011Executive Order No. 141Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 2Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMay 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. NC-013Executive Order No. 147Extension of Phase 2 Order and New Measures to Save Lives in the COVID-19 Pandemic (statewide face coverings)Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateJune 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-20-044Executive Order No. 147Extension of Phase 2 Order and New Interim Measures to Save Lives in the COVID-19 Pandemic (face coverings)Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateJune 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. NC-014Executive Order No. 151Extension of Phase 2 OrderGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateJuly 16, 20202020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076N.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 2020N.C. State Fair, NCDA&CS (Commissioner Steve Troxler)North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, N.C. State Fair (State agency)StateJuly 29, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NC-016Executive Order No. 155Extension of Phase 2 OrderGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateAug. 5, 20202020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. NC-017Executive Order No. 163Extension of Phase 2 Order with Modifications: Phase 2.5Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateAug. 31, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. NC-018Executive Order No. 169Easing Restrictions: Phase 3Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateSept. 30, 20202020 Q4Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. NC-019Executive Order No. 170Extension of Phase 3 OrderGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateOct. 21, 20202020 Q4Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsPrimary source read

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