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Ex. DUT-MA-012St. 1950, c. 639 (the Civil Defense Act), ss. 1, 5, 7, 8, 8AAn Act to Provide for the Safety of the Commonwealth During the Existence of an Emergency Resulting from Disaster or from Hostile ActionGeneral Court; approved by the Governor July 20, 1950 (emergency law)MassachusettsStateJuly 20, 19502020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-003Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301)35 Pa.C.S. sec. 7301, General authority of GovernorGeneral Assembly of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaStateNov. 26, 19782020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding 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-WV-01564 C.S.R. 7, Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions (legislative rule)Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions: reporting duties; outbreak reporting; control measures; isolation, quarantine and placarding…West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health (legislative rule authorized by the Legislature)West VirginiaStateJuly 12, 20132020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ID-001Idaho Code section 56-1003(7) (text as in force March 2020 through June 30, 2021)Powers and duties of the director: orders of isolation and quarantine; misdemeanor for violationIdaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 56, ch. 10, Department of Health and Welfare)IdahoStateJuly 1, 20162020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CO-006C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704 (The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations)The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitationsColorado General Assembly (OLLS, Colorado Revised Statutes 2018)ColoradoStateOct. 1, 20182020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-015Ind. Code Title 10, Article 14 (2020 edition): section 10-14-3-34 (Offenses) as in force from the recodification of 2003 through April 14, 2021, with sections 10-14-3-11, -12 and -22Emergency Management and Disaster Law, 2020 edition: the Class B misdemeanor for knowing, intentional or reckless violation, recited in…Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2020 edition)IndianaStateApr. 14, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-030Memorandum to Work Release Staff, 'Operational Changes in Response to COVID-19' (Mar. 13, 2020)Work-release residents permitted to leave facilities only for approved education or programming and 'personal essential business' (hygiene…Washington State Department of Corrections, Reentry Division (Senior Administrator)Washington State Department of Corrections (Reentry Division; work release); State levelStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-005S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-440Additional powers and duties of Governor during declared emergencyGeneral Assembly of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaStateJune 11, 20082020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding dutyPrimary 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. DUT-OK-00663 O.S. 683.9 (text effective Nov. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2025)Emergency Powers and Duties of GovernorOklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003)OklahomaStateNov. 1, 20092020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capSupply chainStanding dutyPrimary 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. CA-002Executive Order N-33-20Executive Order N-33-20 (statewide stay-at-home order incorporating the State Public Health Officer's order of March 19, 2020) (attested…Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. CA-007Executive Order N-33-20 with the Order of the State Public Health Officer of March 19, 2020 (text copy)Executive Order N-33-20 (statewide stay-at-home order)Governor Gavin Newsom; State Public Health Officer Sonia AngellCaliforniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-008DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020)Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster: Calls on Texans to stay home and limit gatherings to 10 peopleTexas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D.TexasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-11-021Industry Operation Guidance: list of life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations (accompanying the Order of the Governor and Order of the Secretary of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining, Mar. 19, 2020)COVID-19 Life Sustaining Business list (Mar. 19, 2020 version)Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (list implementing the Orders of Mar. 19, 2020)PennsylvaniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closurePrimary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-089Essential Service Letter for State-licensed San Francisco Bar Pilots (Mar. 20, 2020)To whom it may concern: San Francisco Bar Pilot essential government service letterAllen Garfinkle, Executive Director, Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and SuisunBoard of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun (State of California)StateMar. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeTravel and quarantineOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-081Executive Order 2020-10 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 8)Stay at Home Order; social distancing; essential businesses; closure of day care centers except emergency child care; schools closed through…Governor JB PritzkerIllinoisStateMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. IL-005Executive Order 2020-10 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 8)Stay at Home; Social Distancing Requirements; Essential Businesses and Operations; Order ceasing evictionsGovernor JB PritzkerIllinoisStateMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-004New Jersey Executive Order 107 (Mar. 21, 2020; paras. 10-11 rescinded by EO 243 eff. June 4, 2021)Stay at home; closure of non-essential retail and of recreational and entertainment businesses; cancellation of gatherings; dine-in ban…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMar. 21, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-10-023Executive Order No. 107Stay at home; closure of non-essential retail; cancellation of gatherings; telework accommodationGovernor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMar. 21, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-10-034Executive Order 2020-10 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 8)Stay at home; cessation of non-essential business operations; gatherings prohibitedGovernor J.B. PritzkerIllinoisStateMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-14-057Executive Order 2020-10 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 8)Executive Order in Response to COVID-19 (Stay at Home; Social Distancing Requirements; and Essential Businesses and Operations)Governor JB PritzkerIllinoisStateMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-100Executive Order No. 107Stay at Home; closure of non-essential retail; cancellation of gatherings; teleworkGovernor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMar. 21, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-18-008Executive Order No. 107Stay at home; closure of non-essential retail businesses; gatherings; teleworkGovernor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMar. 21, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capPrimary source read

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