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Ex. ID-070Documenting Idaho's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021Ballotpedia: Documenting Idaho's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021Ballotpedia (secondary chronology)IdahoStateOct. 6, 2021OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-075Documenting Mississippi's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021Ballotpedia Mississippi recovery timeline (newsletter entries April 2020 - June 2021)Ballotpedia (secondary tracker)MississippiStateJune 14, 2021OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AR-081Hickey v. McClane, No. CV-21-421, Formal Order (Ark. Sept. 30, 2021)Order denying the legislative leaders' motion for immediate stay of the preliminary injunction against Act 1002Supreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtSept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-070Executive Order 2020-12Executive Order 2020-12 (directives to every South Dakotan, all employers, enclosed retail businesses that promote public gatherings…Governor Kristi NoemSouth DakotaStateApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-157State laws and orders barring school districts from requiring masks (2021)State bans on school mask mandates, 2021-22, and their litigation historyState legislatures and governorsArizona, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, UtahStateMay 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. KY-068Healthy at Work Requirements for Government Offices and Agencies, Version 1.1Requirements for Government Offices and Agencies (state offices reopened May 18, 2020 for limited in-person services at 33 percent…Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements under EO 2020-396 and the CHFS order of May 18, 2020)KentuckyStateMay 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MO-021RSMo 67.265 (HB 271)Public health order for threat to public health by contagious disease, requirements, procedure (time limits and governing-body approval for…Missouri General Assembly (H.B. 271, 2021), approved by Governor Parson June 15, 2021MissouriStateJune 15, 20212021 Q22021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. MO-024Order dated March 22, 2020, In re: Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic (superseding the order of March 16, 2020)Suspension of all in-person proceedings in all appellate and circuit courts and grand juriesSupreme Court of MissouriMissouri (all State courts)CourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MO-063Orders of April 1, 2020 (extension of the suspension of in-person proceedings) and May 4, 2020 (Operational Directives for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions on In-Person Proceedings)Extension of the statewide suspension; phased operational directives with gateway criteria, distancing and masksSupreme Court of MissouriMissouri (all State courts)CourtApr. 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-012Executive Order 1474 (Apr. 22, 2020)Extending the expiration of driver's licenses, permits and identification cards during the Driver Service Bureau's limited servicesGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateApr. 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MS-051Executive Order 1549Repeal of the Safe Recovery Order and the county face-covering mandate; business rules become recommendations; school face coverings and…Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMar. 2, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MS-053Executive Order 1551Rescinding EO 1549 as amended by EO 1550; all business terms recommendations; school face coverings mandatory for the remainder of the…Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateApr. 30, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MS-058Emergency Administrative Order (March 13, 2020) and Emergency Administrative Order (March 16, 2020)Emergency administrative orders: courts remain open; judges may postpone trials through May 15, 2020; later orders on interactive equipment…Supreme Court of MississippiMississippiCourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NV-038Declaration of Emergency Directive 044 (Transition to Local Control), Apr. 19, 2021, ss. 4, 5, 6Termination of statewide social distancing April 30, 2021; transition to county Local Plans May 1, 2021; Baseline Statewide Mitigation…Governor Steve SisolakNevadaStateApr. 19, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NV-054Senate Bill No. 4 (2020) (enrolled)Public accommodation facilities in counties of 100,000 or more: mandatory cleaning standards, transmission-limiting protocols, employee…Nevada Legislature (32nd Special Session), approved by Governor SisolakNevadaStateAug. 11, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. OK-025Sixth Amended Executive Order 2020-13Vulnerable individuals to stay home until May 31, 2020; traveler quarantine removed; OURS Phase 2Governor J. Kevin StittOklahomaStateMay 12, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. SC-036Executive Order No. 2021-25State of EmergencyGovernor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateMay 22, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-040Executive Order 21-175Ensuring Parents' Freedom to Choose - Masks in SchoolsGovernor Ron DeSantisFloridaStateJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-088A.R.S. 15-342.05 (prohibiting school districts and charter schools from requiring face coverings), effective Sept. 29, 2021; held unconstitutional Sept. 27, 2021 (Arizona School Boards Ass'n v. State, Maricopa County Superior Court), affirmed Nov. 2, 2021 (Ariz.)HB 2898 school mask-mandate prohibition and its invalidationArizona Legislature (HB 2898, budget reconciliation, signed June 30, 2021); Maricopa County Superior Court (Cooper, J.)ArizonaStateJune 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-089Proviso 1.108 (no school district may use appropriated funds to require students or staff to wear face masks); upheld by the South Carolina Supreme Court Sept. 2, 2021 (City of Columbia); enforcement enjoined Sept. 28, 2021 (Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster)Proviso 1.108 (school mask-mandate funding ban)South Carolina General Assembly (2021-22 Appropriations Act, H. 4100, Proviso 1.108); U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (Lewis, J.)South CarolinaStateJune 22, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. UT-025State Public Health Order 2020-17Declaring a Statewide Public Health EmergencyRichard G. Saunders, Executive Director, Utah Department of Health, with the concurrence of the GovernorUtahStateOct. 14, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. UT-035State Public Health Order 2020-28Updated School Face Mask OrderRichard G. Saunders, Executive Director, Utah Department of HealthUtahStateDec. 17, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. UT-040H.B. 294, Pandemic Emergency Powers Amendments, 2021 General SessionPandemic Emergency Powers AmendmentsUtah Legislature (Chief Sponsor Rep. Paul Ray); signed by Governor Spencer J. CoxUtahStateMar. 24, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementOtherPrimary source read