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Ex. ECO-B-034Executive Order Number Fifty-Three (2020)Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and Closure of K-12 Schools…Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-07-015Executive Order 53 (2020)Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and Closure of K-12 Schools…Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-056Executive Order 53Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and Closure of K-12 Schools…Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-094Executive Order 53Temporary Restrictions Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (gatherings of more than 10 prohibited; closures)Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VA-004Executive Order 53 (2020)Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and Closure of K-12 Schools…Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. VA-006Executive Order 55 (2020)Temporary Stay at Home Order Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. VA-007Amended Executive Order 53 (2020)Extension of Temporary Restrictions Due To Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateApr. 15, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. VA-009Second Amended Executive Order 53 (2020)Further Extension of Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and…Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMay 4, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. VA-017Executive Order 79 and Order of Public Health Emergency Ten (Register text)Ending of Commonsense Public Health Restrictions Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman OliverVirginiaStateMay 14, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. VA-029Executive Order 79 and Order of Public Health Emergency Ten (Governor's PDF)Ending of Commonsense Public Health Restrictions Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman OliverVirginiaStateMay 14, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. VA-043Chapter 456, 2021 Special Session I (SB 1303)An Act to require each school board to offer in-person instruction to students enrolled in the local school divisionGeneral Assembly of Virginia (2021 Special Session I), approved by Governor NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-029State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools (Order of Public Health Emergency Ten)Statewide requirement that all individuals aged two and older wear masks when indoors at public and private K-12 schoolsM. Norman Oliver, M.D., M.A., State Health CommissionerVirginia State Health Commissioner (acting for the State Board of Health); State level; addressed to all public and private K-12 schoolsStateAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-156Public Health Emergency Order requiring masks indoors in K-12 schools (Aug. 12, 2021)Virginia K-12 school mask requirement (Aug. 12, 2021; shifted to a ban Mar. 1, 2022)State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, M.D. (Public Health Emergency Order, Aug. 12, 2021)VirginiaStateAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source

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