The Record

The Orders Library

Name: The COVID Project Orders Library
Creator: The COVID Project

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.

Double quotes make a phrase ("stay at home"). An exhibit ID (TX-004) opens its record first.

The COVID Projectcovidproject.com/library

Filters:State: Minnesota Health care orders Telework mandate Clear all

41 instruments · showing 26–41

Sort Per page

Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MN-021	Emergency Executive Order 20-55Protecting the Rights and Health of At-Risk Populations during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	May 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeTelework mandateHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MN-022	Emergency Executive Order 20-56, Safely Reopening Minnesota's Economy and Ensuring Safe Non-Work Activities during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency (May 13, 2020)Safely Reopening Minnesota's Economy and Ensuring Safe Non-Work Activities	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	May 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-10-045	Emergency Executive Order 20-56Safely Reopening Minnesota's Economy and Ensuring Safe Non-Work Activities during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	May 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MN-024	Emergency Executive Order 20-63Continuing to Safely Reopen Minnesota's Economy and Ensure Safe Non-Work Activities during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency ('Phase II')	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	May 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MN-025	Emergency Executive Order 20-74, Continuing to Safely Reopen Minnesota's Economy and Ensuring Safe Non-Work Activities during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency (June 5, 2020)Continuing to Safely Reopen Minnesota's Economy and Ensuring Safe Non-Work Activities	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-013	COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Requirements Guidance, General (all businesses), updated July 29, 2020COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Requirements: Guidance, General (minimum protections and protocols for all businesses)	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry with the Department of Health and the Department of Employment and Economic Development (the 'Plan Guidance' the executive orders incorporate)	MinnesotaState	July 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyTelework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-012	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-16Rescinding Emergency Regulation 2020-11 (Licensed Congregate Health Care Facilities)	Mayor Jacob Frey	City of MinneapolisCity	July 24, 2020	2020 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MN-028	Emergency Executive Order 20-82Authorizing and Directing the Commissioner of Education to Require School Districts and Charter Schools to Provide a Safe and Effective…	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	July 30, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-060	Metropolitan Council's response to COVID-19 (page as of Aug. 11, 2020)Council facilities closed to walk-in traffic; staff remote; Metro Mobility and Transit Link for essential needs only with face coverings…	Metropolitan Council	Twin Cities metropolitan areaSector regulator	Aug. 11, 2020	2020 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. MN-032	Emergency Executive Order 20-99, Implementing a Four Week Dial Back on Certain Activities to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 (Nov. 18, 2020)Implementing a Four Week Dial Back on Certain Activities to Slow the Spread of COVID-19	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	Nov. 18, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureTelework mandateGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MN-046	Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed Nov. 20, 2020)Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch	Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea	MinnesotaCourt	Nov. 20, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MN-035	Emergency Executive Order 21-01Protecting Recent Progress and Cautiously Resuming Certain Activities	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	Jan. 6, 2021	2021 Q1	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MN-037	Emergency Executive Order 21-11, Continuing to Safely Reopen Minnesota's Economy and Ensuring Safe Non-Work Activities (Mar. 12, 2021)Continuing to Safely Reopen Minnesota's Economy and Ensuring Safe Non-Work Activities	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	Mar. 12, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MN-039	Emergency Executive Order 21-23Amending Emergency Executive Orders 20-51, 20-81, 21-11, and 21-21	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	May 14, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MN-058	Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 7 (health and human services omnibus), sections extending Department of Human Services COVID-19 waivers and modifications after the peacetime emergencyExtension of COVID-19 Human Services Program Modifications	Minnesota Legislature (2021 First Special Session), signed by Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	June 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-009	Minn. R. 5205.0010 (current text, published October 30, 2025)Adoption of Federal Occupational Safety and Health Standards by Reference (29 C.F.R. parts 1904, 1910 and others, with the listed Federal…	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNOSHA), by rule under Minn. Stat. § 182.655	MinnesotaState	Oct. 30, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read

Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-55 (May 13, 2020) (Ex. MN-021)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-56, Safely Reopening Minnesota's Economy and Ensuring Safe Non-Work Activities during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency (May 13, 2020) (Ex. MN-022)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-56 (May 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-10-045)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-63 (May 27, 2020) (Ex. MN-024)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-74, Continuing to Safely Reopen Minnesota's Economy and Ensuring Safe Non-Work Activities during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency (June 5, 2020) (Ex. MN-025)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry with the Department of Health and the Department of Employment and Economic Development (the 'Plan Guidance' the executive orders incorporate), COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Requirements Guidance, General (all businesses), updated July 29, 2020 (Ex. DUT-MN-013)
Mayor Jacob Frey, Emergency Regulation No. 2020-16 (July 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-012)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-82 (July 30, 2020) (Ex. MN-028)
Metropolitan Council, Metropolitan Council's response to COVID-19 (page as of Aug. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-060)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-99, Implementing a Four Week Dial Back on Certain Activities to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. MN-032)
Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea, Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. MN-046)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 21-01 (Jan. 6, 2021) (Ex. MN-035)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 21-11, Continuing to Safely Reopen Minnesota's Economy and Ensuring Safe Non-Work Activities (Mar. 12, 2021) (Ex. MN-037)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 21-23 (May 14, 2021) (Ex. MN-039)
Minnesota Legislature (2021 First Special Session), signed by Governor Tim Walz, Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 7 (health and human services omnibus), sections extending Department of Human Services COVID-19 waivers and modifications after the peacetime emergency (June 29, 2021) (Ex. MN-058)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNOSHA), by rule under Minn. Stat. § 182.655, Minn. R. 5205.0010 (current text, published October 30, 2025) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-009)

The Orders Library

Results