| Ex. MA-043 | COVID-19 Order No. 63 (with the March 18, 2021 Appendix effective March 22, 2021)Further Revised Order Regulating Gatherings in the Commonwealth (Superseding and Rescinding Order No. 57) | Governor Charles D. Baker | MassachusettsState | Feb. 4, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-012 | Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Changes to Restaurant Capacity RestrictionsThe Licensing Board for the City of Boston's Advisory Regarding Changes to Restaurant Capacity Restrictions | Licensing Board for the City of Boston | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Mar. 1, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-071 | MBTA notice of Apr. 30, 2021: face coverings continue to be required on MBTA vehicles, stations and platforms for all riders including the fully vaccinated; State civil fines end Apr. 30, 2021, denial of boarding and removal continueReminder: Face Coverings Continue To Be Required on MBTA Vehicles, Stations and Platforms | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityState | Apr. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MA-046 | COVID-19 Order No. 67Further Revised Order Regarding Face Coverings | Governor Charles D. Baker | MassachusettsState | Apr. 29, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-034 | Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Amending Outdoor Mask Requirements and Requiring the Wearing of Masks in All Indoor Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential BuildingsFourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Amending Outdoor Mask Requirements and Requiring the Wearing of Masks in All Indoor Public Places… | Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager | City of Cambridge, MassachusettsCity | Apr. 29, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-072 | MBTA notice of May 14, 2021: face coverings required on vehicles, in stations and facilities, on platforms and at bus stops for all riders regardless of vaccination statusReminder: Face Coverings Are Required on MBTA Vehicles, Stations and Platforms | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityState | May 14, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-095 | MBTA reminder: face coverings required on all MBTA vehicles, stations and platforms regardless of vaccination status; refusal grounds for denial of boarding or removalReminder: Face Coverings Are Required on MBTA Vehicles, Stations, Platforms (posted May 14, 2021) | MBTA (applying the CDC conveyance mask order, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025, and TSA security directives) | Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthoritySector regulator | May 14, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-068 | 603 CMR 27.00, Student Learning Time, as most recently amended May 25, 2021 (current official text, including 27.08 as amended March 5 and May 25, 2021)603 CMR 27.08 as amended: Commissioner's authority to require in-person instruction and to determine that hybrid and remote models no longer… | Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education | Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and Commissioner; State levelState | May 25, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-028 | Governor's Declaration Pursuant to General Laws Chapter 17, Section 2A (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-049; cross-reference, not re-saved)Declaration that an emergency exists that is detrimental to the public health in the Commonwealth (the 'modified public health emergency') | Governor Charles D. Baker | MassachusettsState | May 28, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyEmergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MA-049 | Governor's Declaration Pursuant to General Laws Chapter 17, Section 2A (the 'modified public health emergency')Declaration that an emergency exists that is detrimental to the public health in the Commonwealth | Governor Charles D. Baker | MassachusettsState | May 28, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-029 | Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Regarding Face Coverings to be Worn in Certain Settings (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-050; cross-reference, not re-saved)DPH face-covering order for health care facilities and board-licensed practice locations, congregate care, shelters, houses of correction… | Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, with the approval of the Public Health Council and the Governor | MassachusettsState | May 28, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MA-050 | Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Regarding Face Coverings to be Worn in Certain SettingsOrder Regarding Face Coverings to be Worn in Certain Settings | Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, with the approval of the Public Health Council and the Governor | MassachusettsState | May 28, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-030 | COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-1 (June 14, 2021) (library exhibit MA-054; cross-reference, not re-saved)Reissuance of fourteen public health emergency orders under the May 28, 2021 declaration (EMS continuity; long-term care control; face… | Commissioner of Public Health, with the authorization of the Public Health Council (June 9, 2021) and the approval of the Governor | MassachusettsState | June 14, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MA-054 | COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-1 (Reissuance of Certain Public Health Orders)Reissuance of Certain Public Health Orders | Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, with the approval of the Public Health Council (June 9, 2021) and the Governor | MassachusettsState | June 14, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-064 | Emergency Order Revoking and Replacing Moratorium on Eviction EnforcementCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Revoking and Replacing Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement | Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health | City of Somerville, MassachusettsCity | June 17, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-083 | Public Health Advisory: Provincetown Residents and Visitors Urged to Take Precautions Due to Uptick of COVID-19 CasesPublic Health Advisory, July 19, 2021 | Provincetown Select Board, Provincetown Board of Health and Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment | Town of Provincetown and Barnstable County, MassachusettsCounty | July 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MA-073 | Advisory Regarding Face Coverings and Cloth Masks (updated July 30, 2021)DPH mask advisory for vaccinated and unvaccinated residents | Department of Public Health | MassachusettsState | July 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-131 | Executive Orders Regarding Mandatory Face Coverings for Employees and for Visitors in all municipal buildingsCity of Worcester to Require Masks in Municipal Buildings (worcesterma.gov, August 10, 2021) | City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr. | City of Worcester, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 10, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-063 | Order and Regulation Revising Face Coverings Mandate (indoor public mask mandate)City of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Order and Regulation Revising Face Coverings Mandate | Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress, Director of Health and Human Services) | City of Somerville, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048 | Minutes of the Board's special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools)Board vote authorizing the Commissioner to require masks for all students age five and older and all staff in public schools through at… | Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021) | Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState | Aug. 24, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. ECO-B-149 | DESE mask requirement for all public school students (age 5+) and staff, August 25, 2021Massachusetts public school mask requirement, 2021-22 (ended Feb. 28, 2022) | Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Commissioner, under Board vote of Aug. 24, 2021) | MassachusettsState | Aug. 25, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MA-071 | Implementation of DESE Mask RequirementDESE mask requirement for public school students and staff, 2021-22 school year | Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education's August 24, 2021 vote | MassachusettsState | Aug. 25, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-15-081 | DESE mask requirement for all public K-12 students, staff and visitors for 2021-22 (issued Aug. 25, 2021; extended Sept. 27, Oct. 26, 2021 and Jan. 10, 2022)DESE universal mask requirement (Aug. 25, 2021) | Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under authority voted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Aug. 24, 2021 | MassachusettsSector regulator | Aug. 25, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-013 | Order Requiring Face Coverings in the City of BostonOrder Requiring Face Coverings in the City of Boston | Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 20, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-014 | Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Updated COVID-19 Operational ProtocolsThe Licensing Board for the City of Boston's Advisory Regarding Updated COVID-19 Operational Protocols | Licensing Board for the City of Boston (under Acting Mayor Kim Janey) | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 23, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |